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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



Leghorns and, furthermore, they are known as the breed 

 producing the largest egg, which is white in color. 



The Light Brahma is of Asiatic origin, and has been 

 known in America for many years. It is strictly of the meat 

 type, and is the largest breed of fowls, the mature males 

 weighing 12 pounds and the females 9J/2 pounds. The head 

 is of medium size, with a small pea comb, medium-sized red 

 wattles, and large red ear lobes. The breast is very broad 

 and full, the back wide, the legs, toes, and skin yellow, and 



the shanks feathered. The neck, 

 tail, and large wing feathers are 

 black, and white striped with 

 black, the other feathers being 

 white. This breed is valued for 

 roasting, but does not rate high 

 in egg production. There is 

 another variety called the Dark 

 Brahma, but neither of these 

 varieties is longer popular, and but 

 few flocks are now kept, although 

 they once were common. 



The Cochin is also an Asiatic 

 breed, large in size, like the 

 Brahma, a standard weight for 

 males being 11 pounds and for 

 females 9J/2 pounds. This is a deep-bodied, massive fowl, 

 having a loose plumage with much downy fiber under- 

 neath, which gives the entire body a fluffy appearance. 

 The legs are heavily feathered. These fowls are valued for 

 roasters rather than for egg production. There are four 

 varieties of Cochins, buff, black, white, and partridge. 



The Langshan is a single-combed Asiatic breed, some- 

 what smaller and more active than the Brahma or Cochin, 

 and much more popular, both for meat and for egg produc- 

 tion. There are two varieties, the black and the white. 



Figure 222. Light Brahma hen, 

 Lady V, first at Chicago. Photo- 

 graph from Poultry Herald. 



