. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ;m() ?rilK AMKUICAN : S STOCK liOOlv. pit. Their iliaracteristics jirc : In color tliey must be pure wiiile all over, witli no shade whatever on neck, hreast, hoek or tail. Tli(> legs niav be white or yellow ; and the beak should harmonize with the logs ; the comb, ear lobes and wattles must be of the deepest vermiliou color. Tho yellow beak and legs are generally preferr(>d, since they ;.,•.? su[)- posed to indicate greater hardiness: hut we liaxc never seen any differ- ence in this res
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. ;m() ?rilK AMKUICAN : S STOCK liOOlv. pit. Their iliaracteristics jirc : In color tliey must be pure wiiile all over, witli no shade whatever on neck, hreast, hoek or tail. Tli(> legs niav be white or yellow ; and the beak should harmonize with the logs ; the comb, ear lobes and wattles must be of the deepest vermiliou color. Tho yellow beak and legs are generally preferr(>d, since they ;.,•.? su[)- posed to indicate greater hardiness: hut we liaxc never seen any differ- ence in this respect between the white and yellow legged liinl>. '^till. the latter will continue to l)e preferred for cooking, in respoi . to a somewhat poi)ular. but i)robably cnoneous BAKKEN, FULL FEATHEUEU. VI. Game Bantams. Many of the varieties of the large games have their rei)resentatives in tiu^ l)aiitams ; si)ecimens of the game bantams are often but little larger than pigeons, but they all possess the erect carriage, wonderful courage, and i)rilliant plumage of their larger relations. To our mind, the Black- breasted reds combine more good qualities than anj^ other. They may be kept in tlu; yards with the large Asiatic breeds without any danger of intermixture, but they M'ill nevertheless be found fully masters of thej-ard, and will always give due warning of danger to the flock, and assist ma- terially in its pi-otectir)n from intruders. Fall broods of any of the ban- tams make the handsomest and smallest specimens, and show birds are Usriiillv thus 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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