The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . First Prize Dark Brahma Hen at Ontario. 1«M. Exhibited by L. C. Sage. chicks. As in other breeds, we must look to the female forsize and we have always found it advisable to use femalesof large size and males of medium size in preference to largemales and hens of medium size or smaller. That this meritorious variety is not more widely bred isdue principally to ignorance of its practical qualities. Itsbeauty is universally admitted and any one securing stockfrom an up-to-date strain and giving them the intelligentatten
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . First Prize Dark Brahma Hen at Ontario. 1«M. Exhibited by L. C. Sage. chicks. As in other breeds, we must look to the female forsize and we have always found it advisable to use femalesof large size and males of medium size in preference to largemales and hens of medium size or smaller. That this meritorious variety is not more widely bred isdue principally to ignorance of its practical qualities. Itsbeauty is universally admitted and any one securing stockfrom an up-to-date strain and giving them the intelligentattention necessary to achieve success with any variety willhave no cause to look further for an all purpose fowl. The future of the variety is in the hands of its breedersand they should not fail to give it the prominence it de-serves. The quality is there, but it needs to be made known. This is the advice of a breeder who has bred this fineAsiatic variety for twenty-five years. C. A. I ¥ ^^ ^5 ff f LI ABLE Pol/LTRY J °l/fmfU^ I DEAL DARK BRAHMA CH/WT COPYRIGHT CHART OF IDEAL DARK BRAHMA the Distribution of Color as Required by the American Standard of Perfection. The above chart is prepared to assist in a correct understanding of the ideal shape and color of individual feathers in all sections of DarkBrahma males. It is, so far as it goes, an illustrated standard of these requirements; the outline too, is that of an idealstandard-bred well matured Brahma cockerel. By studying this chart section by section the breeder may be-come familiar with standard requirements to the extent that he can better select from his own flockthe birds most desirable for breeding and exhibition and so be aided in hisefforts to produce the correct type in Dark Brahma males.
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