. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 392 POULTRY CULTURE. specimens had fixed breed character. The most that may be inferred from the fact is that several speci- mens more or less closely approximating this attrac- tive color pattern were found in a lot of fowls on the vessel. Both printed and oral accounts of early breeders of Asiatics agree that the reproduction of color was uncertain and, further, that the type of comb was not fixed. Light and Dark Brahmas came from the same parents, and with them, sometimes, came fowls of other colors. Some of the fowls had single combs,
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 392 POULTRY CULTURE. specimens had fixed breed character. The most that may be inferred from the fact is that several speci- mens more or less closely approximating this attrac- tive color pattern were found in a lot of fowls on the vessel. Both printed and oral accounts of early breeders of Asiatics agree that the reproduction of color was uncertain and, further, that the type of comb was not fixed. Light and Dark Brahmas came from the same parents, and with them, sometimes, came fowls of other colors. Some of the fowls had single combs, but the pea comb seems to have been most prevalent, and, being a feature which might be used to make differentiation between Cochin and Brahma more pronounced, was adopted as the correct type of comb. Dark Brahmas. While the Light Brahma was from the first more popular than the Dark, and consequently came to be regarded as the principal variety, it is through'the dark variety that it is most plainly connected with the Cochin forms of the type. But for its pea comb the Dark Brahma is a Silver-Penciled Cochin, — a p,^ ,3^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ,p^^^„. Partridge Cochin changed from graph from F. w. Rogers) Fig. 388. Dark Brahma cock. (Photograph from F. W. Rogers, Brockton, Massachusetts). 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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