. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 71 a reddish brown ; the lighter shades are generally preferred. Great skill in mating and handling is required to pro- duce really fine specimens ; but good birds are always salable at high figures. Partridge Cochins.— Fig. 59.— Weights, color of skin and legs same as for Buff" Cochins. In color this vari- ety shows the black red type, difficult to describe, but familiar to everyone in the Brown Leghorns. They are quite difficult to breed to Standard colors. Though not generally popular, they are in some loc
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 71 a reddish brown ; the lighter shades are generally preferred. Great skill in mating and handling is required to pro- duce really fine specimens ; but good birds are always salable at high figures. Partridge Cochins.— Fig. 59.— Weights, color of skin and legs same as for Buff" Cochins. In color this vari- ety shows the black red type, difficult to describe, but familiar to everyone in the Brown Leghorns. They are quite difficult to breed to Standard colors. Though not generally popular, they are in some localities quite extensively kept for practical purposes. White Cochins.—Fig. 60.—Black Fig. 60. White Cochin Hen. CocHiNS. — Thcse varieties are less common than the two foregoing. White Cochins have yellow legs and skin ; Standard weights the same as for the Buff and Partridge. Black Cochins have yellow skin ; and legs black or dark willow. The Standard weights are the same as for the other varieties, except cock loj^ 81. Langshans.— General Description.—Fairly hardy; dark brown egg breed — eggs sometimes have a purplish tinge; sitters; large medium in size ; Standard weights, cock 10 lbs., cockerel 8 lbs., hen 7 lbs., pullet 6 lbs.; medium sized single combs; red ear. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston, I. S. Johnson & co.
Size: 1494px × 1673px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorrobinsonjohnhjohnhenr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
