. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Cocks' Combs are a Dainty ?~oK Epicures and in the flesh, which is white in the former, whereas that of the buff Plymouth Rocks is yellowish. Also the latter are a little taller in the legs, and slimmer, the Orpingtons being coarser in shape. The Ply- vioiitli Rocks may be speckled, light yellow, or white. The breeding of speckled fowls often affords surprises. Some- times they turn out all black, with legs of another color. The Rocks bear a stri
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Cocks' Combs are a Dainty ?~oK Epicures and in the flesh, which is white in the former, whereas that of the buff Plymouth Rocks is yellowish. Also the latter are a little taller in the legs, and slimmer, the Orpingtons being coarser in shape. The Ply- vioiitli Rocks may be speckled, light yellow, or white. The breeding of speckled fowls often affords surprises. Some- times they turn out all black, with legs of another color. The Rocks bear a striking resem- blance to the Wyandottes, with this difference,— that while the latter have a double crest the Rocks ha\-e but one. The Cochin China fowls can without contradiction be ranked as a oiant breed. When first house where they will not suffer from cold, imported from China into England such a which they cannot endure. To prevent their reputation came with them that the "hen with enormous crests from freezing, which happens the golden eggs" was supposed to be found; quickly, they should be covered with glycerin, but it was not long before poultry raisers found The Aiidaliisian breed is not popular in the that they had been mistaken or deceived. Since United States. It belongs, like the Minorca, to then they ha\'e been no longer valued as layers, the medium-sized races, and the hens are valued exclusively for their eggs, which are numerous . and constantly laid, though / in winter their crests /. make them bad brooders. This species has but one color, — steel blue. The Oifing'tons are the last no\'elty. They pos- sess many fine qualities, and are the product of the crossing of several good breeds. The best are the Buff Orpingtons, which lay many large eggs and have excellent flesh. They are to England what the Houdans. Black Minorca Cock but merely as ornamental birds. They look \'ery well in the poultry yard, where they impose re- \ spect by their lordly bear
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