The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . SIATICS. arched to the point, yellow in color, striped with dark browncolor or black in the upper mandible and the under beakshould be yellow. The beak in the female may be yellow,or yellow striped with a dark color. In ihe male the facedeep red: eyes red, large and bright; ear-lobes large andpendant: wattles well developed and hanging, their loweredge being well rounded on a line with the lower edge ofear-lobes. The face, ear-lobes and wattles should be richcrimson. In the females all these features are much smalleri
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . SIATICS. arched to the point, yellow in color, striped with dark browncolor or black in the upper mandible and the under beakshould be yellow. The beak in the female may be yellow,or yellow striped with a dark color. In ihe male the facedeep red: eyes red, large and bright; ear-lobes large andpendant: wattles well developed and hanging, their loweredge being well rounded on a line with the lower edge ofear-lobes. The face, ear-lobes and wattles should be richcrimson. In the females all these features are much smallerin comparison with the male, and the wattles are closelyrounded to the throat. The skull should be large, with heavy brows overhang-ing the eyes. Especially should this be prominent in themale, as seen in our perfect model. Heavy ear-lobes, longand pendulous, with wattles that are large and long enoughto place their lower line on a level with lower point of ear-lobes, are the conditions that insure s rong, procreativepower. In early days cocks with only rudimentary wattles. Defective Hackle Feathers of Ihe Male. were disqualified and ought to be to-day, for they are worth-less, save only as poultry meat. The defects of head and its adjuncts are generally: Nar-row in skull, depressed in front of eyes: for these cut onepoint; eyes, when not bay or red, one-half point; rudimen-tary wattles, one-half to two and one-half, and when entire-ly absent, the specimen should be disqualified. THE COMBThe comb is what is called a pea comb. It is like threesmall combs joined together at the front and base, the sidedivisions merging with the center division near its rearpoint. The channel between the center and side divisionsshould be deep enough so that if all the small points werefrozen off the comb would still show its three divisions. In?an absolutely perfect comb the center division should have seven small points and the sides each five points. The topline of the comb should follow the cur
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