Lexicographical Neighbors of Minorcas
Literary usage of Minorcas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Generally light to medium except minorcas, which are heavy. ... Rapid in both
growth and reproduction, except minorcas, which are like the breeds of the ..."
2. Poultry Culture Sanitation and Hygiene by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1920)
"The minorcas.—The Minorca of to-day is an English product, and were originally
called the Red-faced Spanish. It is apparent that their ancestors were ..."
3. Agriculture by William Penn Brooks (1911)
"minorcas — There are two breeds of this class : Black and White. Fairly hardy.
... minorcas are fair table fowls but they do not command the best prices. ..."
4. The Practical Poultry Keeper by Lewis Wright (1904)
"SPANISH, minorcas, LEGHORNS, ETC. ALL round the coast of the Mediterranean—at
all events, round the European coast—are found fowls of obviously one general ..."
5. Eggs and Egg Farms: Trustworthy Information Regarding the Successful (1907)
"4У minorcas AS EGG PRODUCERS FOR ANNUAL EGG PRODUCTION AND SIZE OF EGGS THE ...
Black minorcas will produce as many eggs in a given time with proper care as ..."
6. Book of poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"Till very lately minorcas were rarely shown, being seldom found in the hands of
fanciers. Even then fine specimens rarely failed to secure some prize in the ..."
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