The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . be found a penciled featherquite often met with in tails of well colored females. Abird showing this amount of penciling in tail should be dis-counted one point. Feather 2 is taken from down on the sideof tail, and only a trace of red appears. A tail like thisshould be cut one-fourth point. Feather 3, like feather 1,shows the penciling on both sides, also shows a streak of very light ashy color on surface, and should be discountedone and one-half points. LEGS AND section is not only important in shape, but i
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . be found a penciled featherquite often met with in tails of well colored females. Abird showing this amount of penciling in tail should be dis-counted one point. Feather 2 is taken from down on the sideof tail, and only a trace of red appears. A tail like thisshould be cut one-fourth point. Feather 3, like feather 1,shows the penciling on both sides, also shows a streak of very light ashy color on surface, and should be discountedone and one-half points. LEGS AND section is not only important in shape, but in coloras well. Thighs, shanks and feet should be profusely feath-ered, and tbe lacing on feathers should extend to the is only within the past few years that good lacing onbody and fluff was considered wonderful, but with the greatimprovement in mating we have to-day not only the hand-some coloring in body and fluff, but on feet and toes as fact I have within the past three years found several fe-males with foot feathering as well laced as Mr. Sewell has. •^ty ±1 Defective Tail Feathers of the Female. shown in ihe chart. In shape improvement would be hardto make, as Mr. Sewell has portrayed one of our very choic-est Buff pullets. She has a sufficient amount of feathers onlegs and toes, and the length of leg is in proportion to thewell rounded symmetrical body. T. HEWES. TWENTY YEARS WITH PARTRIDGE COCHINS. A Variety Adapted to Any Locality—That Thrives in Confinement and Lays When Eggs Are High Priced—Feeding, Mating and Judging. By 0. E. .Skinner. DHAVE bred Partridge Cochins nineteen years. Historyhas ft they originated from the same sitting of eggs asthe Buff Cochin. A skipper brought the eggs fromChina and when hatched one party took the chickslooking most like a partridge and the other the is needless to say that they have been very materiallyadvanced in color and shape since. Partridge Cochins prove highly satisfactory in citiesand mining
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