Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 77.—SILVER WYAAUOTTK FOWLS. in this combination to ]>reserve the good qualities andeliminate the undesirable ones of both parent Plymouth Rock has been a favorite wiili those whohave wanted a plump, fat chicken of a pound and a halfweight as broilers. The Wyandotte is fully its equal inthis respect. It feathers with its growth, and is plumpat any age, thrifty and hardy in raising, yellow-skinned,and in all respects an excellent variety for forcing grown, they are plump in body and
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 77.—SILVER WYAAUOTTK FOWLS. in this combination to ]>reserve the good qualities andeliminate the undesirable ones of both parent Plymouth Rock has been a favorite wiili those whohave wanted a plump, fat chicken of a pound and a halfweight as broilers. The Wyandotte is fully its equal inthis respect. It feathers with its growth, and is plumpat any age, thrifty and hardy in raising, yellow-skinned,and in all respects an excellent variety for forcing grown, they are plump in body and of an attract-ive appearance in the market. They lay a medium-sized. (175) Fig. 78.—GOLDKN WYANDOTTE COCKEREL, MARVEL. First at Toronto, Boston and New York, 1899 and 1900. AMEBIC AIT BREEDS. 177 egg of dark-buff color. Their laying qualities dependmuch on the selections and mafcings of tlie parent markings the fowls are very handsome, the hen moreso than the cock. In the main, the feathers are Avhitewith a black border, which makes them evenly andbrightly speckled. The hackle is penciled white andblack, and the tail black. The Wjandottes have grown to be one of the most pop-ular breeds of American fowls. They are more blocky inshape than Plymouth Rocks and a trifle fuller the Silver Wyandottes described above, there arealso the White, Buff, Golden, Black, Partridge andColumbian varieties. The latter are of the same colorand markings as Light Brahmas. AMERICAN JAVAS. In writing of our American Javas Mr. Bicknell says :They have characteristics different from any other vari-ety ; they present large size, long bodies, deep ful
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