Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . hen, 7^ pounds; pullets, 63^pounds. The weights of the Andalusians are, cock, 6 pounds; cock-erel, 5 pounds; hen, 5 pounds; pullets, 4 pounds. The Black Spanish weights are, cock, 8 pounds; cockered, 65^pounds; hens, 6^ pounds; pullets, 5^ pounds. These lay an extralarge handsome white-shelled egg. WHAT VARIETY TO CHOOSE 19 The Blue Andalusian has the unique distinction of wearing thenational colors—red, white a
Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . hen, 7^ pounds; pullets, 63^pounds. The weights of the Andalusians are, cock, 6 pounds; cock-erel, 5 pounds; hen, 5 pounds; pullets, 4 pounds. The Black Spanish weights are, cock, 8 pounds; cockered, 65^pounds; hens, 6^ pounds; pullets, 5^ pounds. These lay an extralarge handsome white-shelled egg. WHAT VARIETY TO CHOOSE 19 The Blue Andalusian has the unique distinction of wearing thenational colors—red, white and blue—its plumage being blue, itsface and eyes red and its ear-lobes white. The Asiatic Class The Asiatic class consists of the Light and Dark Brahmas, Whiteand Black Langshans, the Buff, Partridge, White and Black Co-chins. In point of popularity, they would be about in this order:Light Brahmas, Black Langshans, Buff Cochins, Partridge Co-chins, Dark Brahmas, White Cochins, White Langshans and BlackCochins. The standard weights are: Light Brahmas, cock 12pounds, cockerel 10 pounds, hen 9^^ pounds, pullet 8 pounds. Weights for Dark Brahmas are: Cock 11 pounds, cockerel 9. AVhite Plymouth Rooks. pounds, hen 85^ pounds, pullet 7 pounds ; Buff, Partridge and WhiteCochins, cock 11 pounds, cockerel 9 pounds, hem 8}^ pounds andpullet 7 pounds; Black and White Langshans, cock 10 pounds,cockerel 8 pounds, hens 7 pounds and pullet 6 pounds. The eggs ofall of the Asiatic class are a dark brown. The Ekiglish Class The English class is composed of the White, Silver-gray andColored Dorkings, the Red Caps and. the Buff, Black, White, Span-gled and Jubilee Orpingtons in both single and rose combs. TheWhite Dorking weighs as follows: Cock 7^^ pounds, cockerel 6^pounds, hen 6 pounds, and pullet 5 pounds; Silver-gray Dorkings,cock 8 pounds, cockerel 7 pounds, hen 6^ pounds and pullet 5}^pounds; Colored Dorkings, cock 9 pounds, cockerel 8 pounds, hen 7pounds and pullet 6 pounds; Red Caps, c
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