American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . of these breeds have been dropped asprobably mongrels and unworthy of cultivation. The Cochins areof various colors,while in form audplumage otherwisethey are very sim-ilar. Wo give en-gravings takenfrom excellent pho-tographs of threebuff Cocbim fowlsfrom the yard of ayoung amateur, H. Leavitt, ofFlushing, L. birds are re-markable for theirsize, and thoughtheir form may besomewhat criticisedby those who knowthe breed only iuown yards, Mr. Har-rison Weirs beauti-ful and natural por-traits of famousbirds, belo
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . of these breeds have been dropped asprobably mongrels and unworthy of cultivation. The Cochins areof various colors,while in form audplumage otherwisethey are very sim-ilar. Wo give en-gravings takenfrom excellent pho-tographs of threebuff Cocbim fowlsfrom the yard of ayoung amateur, H. Leavitt, ofFlushing, L. birds are re-markable for theirsize, and thoughtheir form may besomewhat criticisedby those who knowthe breed only iuown yards, Mr. Har-rison Weirs beauti-ful and natural por-traits of famousbirds, belonging tonoted English breeders, (in which we must be-lieve he allowed his facile pencil to representthe birds a little nearer to what ho wished tosec them than they actually were), yet, con-sidering their weight, it, is remarkably line. The cock, photographed at 9 mouths old,?weighed at a year old, 14 pounds; the hen onthe left is an old fowl, and weighs 12| a pounds,and the other is, or was when photographed,9 months old, and when a year old weighed 11. 1.—BUFF COCUIN COCK.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. pounds. We find among the sub-breeds ofCochins, those of a nearly pure white color, allshades of cream, buff, lemon, partridge colored,brown, aud eveu black, or very nearly external characteristics of the Cochins arelarge-sized bodies, profusely feathered with soft,
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