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. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ans thing that can be said in their favor are to France or what the Wyandottes are to is that when their colors are fine they areAmerica. At first sight persons ignorant of magnificent birds and excite universal admira-poultry cannot tell the Orpingtons from the tion. THE GALLINACEOUS TRIBES 237 The Bra/tmas are also ponderous, butthey have many good qualities. They laya great number of large eggs, and their fleshis very good to eat. The lighter form ofBrahma is undeniably one of the hand-somest breeds in America to-day. Their
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ans thing that can be said in their favor are to France or what the Wyandottes are to is that when their colors are fine they areAmerica. At first sight persons ignorant of magnificent birds and excite universal admira-poultry cannot tell the Orpingtons from the tion. THE GALLINACEOUS TRIBES 237 The Bra/tmas are also ponderous, butthey have many good qualities. They laya great number of large eggs, and their fleshis very good to eat. The lighter form ofBrahma is undeniably one of the hand-somest breeds in America to-day. Theirkeep is , owing to their enormoussize. The eggs are yellow and much indemand. The brood is smaller than thatof the Cochin Chinas. They may be recom-mended to those who wish to have some-thing both useful and beautiful. The Speckled Meclilin, but little knownin the United States, is also a heavy weight,but not more so than the Brahmas. Thecock weighs usually ten pounds, the heneight or nine. They are raised in greatnumbers in Belgium, in the neighborhood.
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