The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ualities of the sire, increasing the leg featheringand fluffiness so desirable in the Cochins. The best cockerelwas bred to his dam, and from this mating a line of sireswas established that has remained unbroken to the presentday. It seemed to be a natural tendency of the Blacks to bemore closely feathered than the other Cochins. To obviatethis, I concluded to try the cold weather theory of had a brood hen come off in August with six chickens were given the closest attention, shelteredfrom


The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ualities of the sire, increasing the leg featheringand fluffiness so desirable in the Cochins. The best cockerelwas bred to his dam, and from this mating a line of sireswas established that has remained unbroken to the presentday. It seemed to be a natural tendency of the Blacks to bemore closely feathered than the other Cochins. To obviatethis, I concluded to try the cold weather theory of had a brood hen come off in August with six chickens were given the closest attention, shelteredfrom the inclement weather and kept growing from theshell to maturity. In November they were black balls offluffy down. From this lot four were selected for exhibitiorpurposes. That they were excellent Cochins is evidencedby the fact that they won sweepstakes prizes at two of thelargest shows in the west, i. e., Chicago and Indianapolis. EXPERIMENTS WITH IMPORTED STOCK. A number of importations of Blacks have been madesince 1885. This blood must be used very sparingly to avoid. A Typical Black Cochin Cock. Bred by C. H. Rhodes. a stiff, harsh hock. On several occasions I have experimentedsomewhat with the English variety of Black Cochins, buthave achieved my greatest success in confining the matingsto the stock of my own production. The increasing volume of my correspondence and thestatement received from many fanciers, show conclusivelythat the Black Cochins are growing in popularity eachyear. From the present handsome and symmetrical BlackCochin, one would hardly recognize any resemblance to thetall and leggy variety of birds of twenty years ago. Thedevelopment of this fowl to its present state of perfectionillustrates what may be accomplished by careful matingsand persistent effort to perfect a given variety of fowls. Inthe history of Black Cochins, there never has been a timewhen the variety has been given any great boom in thefanciers world. They have grown steadily in public f


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