. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 938 THK AMKIUCAN I'AliMKlt S STOCK BOOK. cuckoo feather of England and France ; they are, however, an old and entirely distinct American race. The Georgian Game is also a distinct American breed, but this will be treated of under the head of Games. XVII. Dominique Fowls. For the farm-yard, when both eggs and chickens are desired, this breed when pure, (unfortunately now rather rare), is one of the most valuable of the known breeds, for it combines hardiness of constitution with good for- aging qualit
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 938 THK AMKIUCAN I'AliMKlt S STOCK BOOK. cuckoo feather of England and France ; they are, however, an old and entirely distinct American race. The Georgian Game is also a distinct American breed, but this will be treated of under the head of Games. XVII. Dominique Fowls. For the farm-yard, when both eggs and chickens are desired, this breed when pure, (unfortunately now rather rare), is one of the most valuable of the known breeds, for it combines hardiness of constitution with good for- aging qualities ; is prolific of eggs, and when killed shows plenty of good flesh. The true color is a soft and undulating shading of slaty blue, upon a light ground all over the body, thus forming bands of various. DOMIMt^lK KOWL. narrow widths, and finely penciled among the smaller feathers. The cocks have heavy hackle and saddle feathers. The feet and legs must lie bright yellow or buff, and the bill of the sanu' color. The combs of the cocks, however, are variable, some cocks having a single and others a double 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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