. Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools. Agriculture. POULTRY. 185 Brahmas. The origin of this breed is not posi- tively known. Some assert that it originated in Asia, others that it is an American breed. The Brahmas are a very popular breed. They are prob- ably the largest breed in existence, and rank high as meat producers. Plymouth Rocks. The Plymouth Rocks proba- bly originated in Massachusetts about the middle of the nineteenth century. They are very popular as a. Fig. 61. Bari-ed Plymouth Rocks. general purpose breed. In size they are not far be- hind the meat breeds, a
. Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools. Agriculture. POULTRY. 185 Brahmas. The origin of this breed is not posi- tively known. Some assert that it originated in Asia, others that it is an American breed. The Brahmas are a very popular breed. They are prob- ably the largest breed in existence, and rank high as meat producers. Plymouth Rocks. The Plymouth Rocks proba- bly originated in Massachusetts about the middle of the nineteenth century. They are very popular as a. Fig. 61. Bari-ed Plymouth Rocks. general purpose breed. In size they are not far be- hind the meat breeds, and in egg production they ap- proach the egg breeds. There are three varieties of Plymouth Rocks,—the Barred, Buff, and White. Bantams. The Bantam is purely a fancy or orna- mental breed. They cannot successfully compete with either the egg or meat Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shepperd, J[ohn] H. [from old catalog]; McDowell, John Chambers, 1867- [from old catalog] joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing company
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