. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. ing over the eyes, and surmounted Dy a good pea comb, whichresembles three small combs running parallel the length of the head, the middle one slightlythe highest, but all evenly serrated and straight, the whole low and set firmly on the beak is strong, well curved, and the color of dark horn. The eyes, like those of theLight variety, are large and bright. The color of the head plumage is silvery white. Thewattles are full, red, and well r
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. ing over the eyes, and surmounted Dy a good pea comb, whichresembles three small combs running parallel the length of the head, the middle one slightlythe highest, but all evenly serrated and straight, the whole low and set firmly on the beak is strong, well curved, and the color of dark horn. The eyes, like those of theLight variety, are large and bright. The color of the head plumage is silvery white. Thewattles are full, red, and well rounded; the ear lobes are also brilliant red, and about equal inlength with the wattles. The neck is rather short, but well curved, with very full hackle, 456 THE AMERICAN FARMER. which is silvery white striped with black, and flows well over the back and sides of the breast, the black stripe in the middle of each feather terminating in a point at the extremity. The back is rather short, broad, and flat between the shoulders, somewhat rising toward the tail, which is rather small compared with the size of the bird, and carried rather upright. DARK BRAHMAS. Bred by Charles Gammerdinger, Columbus, Ohio. The color of the back is silvery white, with dark pencilings corresponding with the oatlinesof the feathers; that of ihe tail is black; the larger coverts, a lustrous greenish black; thesmaller or lesser coverts of the same hue, or greenish black edged with white. The saddlefeathers are white striped with black, as in the neck, and the larger they are, the morebeautiful the bird. POULTRY. 457 The breast of the perfectly marked cock will be either black, or black with each featherslightly and evenly mottled with white, but on no account should there be splashes of white,or uneven markings. It should be well carried forward, full, broad, and deep. The body,like the light variety, is broad and deep, the under part of which is black in plumage. Thewings are small and well folded up un
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