. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. poultry, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks,geese, guineas, pigeons and peacocks. Some are raisedlargely for eggs, others for meat or feathers, and othersstill to satisfy a fancy. There are two well-markedtypes of chickens,—the laying type and the meat combination of the two gives the general-purpose type. 315. Egg Breeds. The so-called egg breeds are nativesof countries bordering the Mediterranean sea. Theyare of medium size, good layers, but often poor sitterswhen young. They are easily frightened, very hardy,ac
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. poultry, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks,geese, guineas, pigeons and peacocks. Some are raisedlargely for eggs, others for meat or feathers, and othersstill to satisfy a fancy. There are two well-markedtypes of chickens,—the laying type and the meat combination of the two gives the general-purpose type. 315. Egg Breeds. The so-called egg breeds are nativesof countries bordering the Mediterranean sea. Theyare of medium size, good layers, but often poor sitterswhen young. They are easily frightened, very hardy,active and make good foragers. The most popular rep-resentatives of this class are the Leghorns, Minorcas andHamburgs. 316. The MeatBreeds are na-tives of Asia,hence are some-times called theAsiatic are large,heavy bodied,slow moving,having a gentledisposition, andare persistentsitters and goodmothers. Theyare generallyconsidered poorlayers, though the pullets are pig. 153. a Light Brahma cockerel. Typical repre-Often excellent sentative of the Asiatic 230 Elementary Principles of Agriculture layers. They are especially desirable because of thelarge size of the ^broilers and friers. The best-known representatives are Brahmas, Cochins, Langshansand Faverolle, the latter a French breed.
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