BREEDS DESCRIBED 



At first the Reds were only locally popular, as 

 their name would indicate, but now they are bred 

 quite generally. In hardiness and other general 

 qualities, these fowls average about the same as the 

 other American breeds, which is equivalent to say- 

 ing that they are an excellent fowl. In color they 

 are mostly of a reddish buff, but black is called for 

 in tails and wings. 



The Buckeyes are attaining more or less prom- 

 inence, but they, like the Reds formerly were, are 

 still a local breed, as their name indicates. They 

 are hardy and good layers of brown eggs, but the 

 beginner had best select an established and well- 

 advertised breed. For this reason we omit mention 

 of a number of more or less prominent but compar- 

 atively untried breeds. 



The American Dominiques are a very old breed 

 and one time quite popular, but were superseded by 

 the Barred Rocks, which resemble them in color 

 and are the more desirable in several respects. 



The Java family has two varieties, the Black 

 and the Mottled. The latter are black and white 

 in color, while the former are solid black. This is 

 also an old breed, but now " out-of-date," as it 

 were, and rarely bred. 



