Agriculture .. . 4 pounds. Wyan-dottes are noted for compact, blocky bodies, a small rose comb, yellow skin,legs, and beak, are excellent layers of dark eggs and as table fowls are wellsuited either for broilers or roasters. They are good sitters, a little lesspersistent, perhaps, than Plymouth Rocks, and rank among the best of thegeneral-purpose breeds. 809. Javas — Of this class there are three breeds : Black and Mottledonly are common. Javas are fairly hardy but are not popular in the United. Fig. 264. Pair of Silver Wyandottes. 794 AGRICULTURE: States. They somewhat resemble Plymouth Rocks
Agriculture .. . 4 pounds. Wyan-dottes are noted for compact, blocky bodies, a small rose comb, yellow skin,legs, and beak, are excellent layers of dark eggs and as table fowls are wellsuited either for broilers or roasters. They are good sitters, a little lesspersistent, perhaps, than Plymouth Rocks, and rank among the best of thegeneral-purpose breeds. 809. Javas — Of this class there are three breeds : Black and Mottledonly are common. Javas are fairly hardy but are not popular in the United. Fig. 264. Pair of Silver Wyandottes. 794 AGRICULTURE: States. They somewhat resemble Plymouth Rocks in general appearanceand the Standard weights are the same. 810. American Dominiques—Fairly hardy, same size as PlymouthRock but not popular here at present time. 811. White Wonders — Hardy, general-purpose fowls, somewhat re-semble White Wyan-dot t e s but brown breed is not pop-ular with fanciers butthese fowls are verygood general farmersstock. 812. Rhode IslandReds — Hardy, gen-eral-purpose fowls ofwhich there are twotypes : Rose Comband Single Comb. These breeds are not yet admitted to the Standard andthey probably vary somewhat more than the older breeds. Size medium,color reddish buff, said to be good layers of dark brown eggs. They arepopular in sections and appear to be gaining in popularity everywhere. Aneffort has been made to adapt them specially for use as table fowls, but theyare not generally regarded as equal for that purpo
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