. The China fowl. Poultry. PAIR OF LIGHT BRAHMAS, BRED BY DR. C. H. KENEGY, POLO, ILL. SELECTION AND MATING, TO BREKD "standard" BIRDS. I DEEM it appropriate, after describing and portraying as I have done in the previous pages of this work the general history, characteristics, shape, color, and qualities of the China fowls we have had and now have in this country, to add a chapter here embodying my views, and briefly offering the results of my own experience, in the matter of mating or matching individ- ual fowls, for the production of high-class specimens of the " Cochins &quo
. The China fowl. Poultry. PAIR OF LIGHT BRAHMAS, BRED BY DR. C. H. KENEGY, POLO, ILL. SELECTION AND MATING, TO BREKD "standard" BIRDS. I DEEM it appropriate, after describing and portraying as I have done in the previous pages of this work the general history, characteristics, shape, color, and qualities of the China fowls we have had and now have in this country, to add a chapter here embodying my views, and briefly offering the results of my own experience, in the matter of mating or matching individ- ual fowls, for the production of high-class specimens of the " Cochins " and " Brahmas " for the exhibition-rooms. " Like will produce its like," is an old adage. As a rule, this is truthful. It depends in a great meaWre, in the reproduction of the fowl species, how-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. [Boston, Press of Rand, Avery, & co. ]
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