Agriculture .. . 265 Pair of White Wyandottes. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 795 814. Dark Brahmas —weight than Light Brahmas. A hardy meat breed about one pound lighter inFair layers of brown eggs. Persistent Cochins — Ofthis type there are fourbreeds : Partridge, Buff,Black, and White. Veryhardy, of all breeds leastinfluenced by climatic orother changes, bear con-finement remarkably very heavy ,shanks and toes feath-ered. Standard weights :cock 11, cockerel 9, hen8*4, pullet 7 bred for eggs saidto be excellent of eggs brown. Courtesy of Samtiel Cushman,
Agriculture .. . 265 Pair of White Wyandottes. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 795 814. Dark Brahmas —weight than Light Brahmas. A hardy meat breed about one pound lighter inFair layers of brown eggs. Persistent Cochins — Ofthis type there are fourbreeds : Partridge, Buff,Black, and White. Veryhardy, of all breeds leastinfluenced by climatic orother changes, bear con-finement remarkably very heavy ,shanks and toes feath-ered. Standard weights :cock 11, cockerel 9, hen8*4, pullet 7 bred for eggs saidto be excellent of eggs brown. Courtesy of Samtiel Cushman, West Mansfield, Mass. Persistent Sitters. 816. Langshans — Of this type there are two breeds admitted to theStandard: Black and White. Fairly hardy. Standard weights : cock 10,cockerel 8, hen 7, pullet 6 pounds. Plumage heavy, shanks and toesfeathered but not as heavily as among Cochins and Brahmas. Legs ratherlong, beak dark, skin white. Not very popular either for eggs or brown. Good ifc-rt \u^- Pair Rhode Island Reds CXXXVIII MEDITERRANEAN CLASS. 817. Leghorns — Of this type there are four breeds of some importancehaving single combs : Brown, White, Black, and Buff. There are also rose-comb Brown and White Leghorns. They are hardy, rather small in size ;combs and wattles, especially of the single-comb Leghorns, large. Earlobes white. Leghorns are among the best of layers and rank among themost popular breeds. They make fine broilers. They do not bear confine-ment well. They are non-sitters. 796 AGRICULTURE 818. Minorcas — There are two breeds of this class : Black and hardy. Standard weights : cock 8, cockerel 6j4, hen 6}4, pullet$}4 pounds. Combs very large, single. Under right conditions, extragood layers. Eggs white, large. Minorcas are fair table fowls but theydo not command the best prices. They are said to be very popular in NewYork and on the Pacific coast.
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