. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1290 THE AMERICAN FARMER. Light Brahmas. The Light Bralima is generally larger, on the average, than the Dark of this breed. The color of the plumage is mostly white, but shows, wlien parted, a tinge of bluish gray toward the skin. The neck hackles are distinctly striped with black down the center of each feather, terminating to a point at the extremity, though in the cock the plumage of the neck is lighter than that of the hen, the upper portion being white, and t
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. 1290 THE AMERICAN FARMER. Light Brahmas. The Light Bralima is generally larger, on the average, than the Dark of this breed. The color of the plumage is mostly white, but shows, wlien parted, a tinge of bluish gray toward the skin. The neck hackles are distinctly striped with black down the center of each feather, terminating to a point at the extremity, though in the cock the plumage of the neck is lighter than that of the hen, the upper portion being white, and the lower two-thirds marked as above described, the hackle reaching well over the shoulder in both cases. The neck is medium in length and well arched, though that of the cock longer in proportion than that of the hen. The back of each should be white in color, broad, and flat between the shoulders. The wings are small, and appear white when folded; but the primary feathers, being closely folded under the secondaries, are black, generally, though sometimes. LIGHT BRAHMAS. Bred by George P. Burnham, Melrose, Mass. edged a little with white. The secondary feathers of the wings are white on the outer web, and black on the inner web, being one-half black, and one-half white. The body is deep, and round at the sides, the breast full and broad. The tail is black in botli sexes, and rather short, though spreading. The tail of the cock is full, carried rather upright, and well filled underneath with curiing feathers. The sickle feathers are rather short; coverts show beautiful green reflections, and quite glossy. This fowl has a broad appearance behind, owing to the abundance of fine downy feathers, denominated "fluff," and which is developed so profusely in the Asiatic breeds. The legs of the pure breed are of medium length, with a reddish-yellow tinge on the inside, and well. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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