American poultry world . the veteranpoetically writes: Of all the fowls we know The Brahma is the breed,Tis most attractive in the show, And always takes the lead. With dress of white and cape of black In beauty it excels,In pedigree it goes far back As history surely tells. But when the shape of the good old Brahma is dis-cussed, we find dissenting views among its that favor the correct type are just as insistent onhaving the strong color points as those that have gonecolor and feather mad). The latter in their desire for colorpoints and heavy leg and toe feathering have uncon
American poultry world . the veteranpoetically writes: Of all the fowls we know The Brahma is the breed,Tis most attractive in the show, And always takes the lead. With dress of white and cape of black In beauty it excels,In pedigree it goes far back As history surely tells. But when the shape of the good old Brahma is dis-cussed, we find dissenting views among its that favor the correct type are just as insistent onhaving the strong color points as those that have gonecolor and feather mad). The latter in their desire for colorpoints and heavy leg and toe feathering have unconsciouslydrifted toward the Cochin type of the Brahma, , low,heavy bodied birds with short backs, profuse fluff and ex-cessive feathering from hock to end of outer toes. Theyhave lost the type entirely, yet such birds win at the bigshows because their color points and massive appearanceincludes the judge who, good as he may be on the color.
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