. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock f oultvu §«lrf. Dark Brahma Fowls. ii^jrHE Light and Dark Brahma fowls are 11rl among the most popular breecis of pul- '\h try kuowu. Side by side, through their %J^ excellence alone, they have worked their ^Sy way into public favor until no poultry yard is considered complete without one or the other of these varieties. As regards the merits of each, there are different opinions. One of our best poultry breeders
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock f oultvu §«lrf. Dark Brahma Fowls. ii^jrHE Light and Dark Brahma fowls are 11rl among the most popular breecis of pul- '\h try kuowu. Side by side, through their %J^ excellence alone, they have worked their ^Sy way into public favor until no poultry yard is considered complete without one or the other of these varieties. As regards the merits of each, there are different opinions. One of our best poultry breeders, W. H. Todd, of Ohio, thus speaks of the Darks in an article in the NorlhavMern I'ouUiy •hninud : For practical purposes we find little differ- ence between Dark and Light Brahmas. The objection to keeping light or white fowls in town in consequence of their plumage getting soiled and dingy, is obviated with Dark Brah- mas, as the dust, soot and smoke do not soil their color, and thereby injure their appear- ance. Comparatively we consider the Dark more vigorous and hardy, better foragers and earlier maturing. Their eggs are more fertile and the chickens seem hardier and more rajiid in growth when small than any other of the large breeds. In setting an equal number of eggs of dif- ferent varieties in midwinter, the Dark Brah- mas have hatched and lived, on an average, 6U per cent, better than any other. When matured, the best specimens are shorter in leg and more broad and stocky in shape than the Light, though we have seen first prizes given to leggy, long, round backed, ungainly birds, for what reason we could not surmise, unless it was for color alone, or else a special favor to their owners; but want of symmetry and style does not meet with public we hope it never will. Many who keep poultrj' for eggs and mar- ket claim that Dark Brahmas are the most profitaVile. The hens make careful setters and good mothers, and the pullets begin lay- ing quite young and co
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