DOMESTIC ANIMALS 331 



no less than thirty thousand of them. The Toggenburg goat 

 is of a medium brown color and is a native of the Toggenburg 

 Valley in Switzerland. The white Saanen goat, the Appenzell 

 goat, and the Schwarzthal goat are also natives of Switzerland. 

 The Langensalzers are natives of Thuringia and central Germany, 

 while the Nubian goats are found in Nubia, Abyssinia, Upper 

 Egypt, and South Africa. 



POULTRY 



The ordinary farm fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese, 

 are the descendants of wild fowls which have been domesticated 

 and changed under the care of man. 



Chickens. The principal varieties of chicken breeds are 

 as follows : 



I. Meat Breeds 



1. Brahma 



Light Buff 



Dark n , . Black 



2. Cochin { . , ., 



Partridge 



White 



3. Langshan 4. Cornish Indian Game 



II. Egg Breeds 

 1. Leghorn 2. Minorca 3. Red Cap 4. Spanish 



III. General Purpose Breeds 

 1. Plymouth Rock 2. Orpington 3. Wyandotte 



4. Java 5. Dominique 6. Rhode Island Red 

 7. Dorking 8. Indian Game 



IV. Fancy Breeds 

 1. Bantam 2. Game 3. Polish 4. Sultan 



Care of Chickens. Arrange the chicken yard so that the chick- 

 ens may have plenty of sunshine. Give them a place where they 

 can have plenty of dust to dust in and straw to scratch in whenever 

 they feel so inclined. The chicken house should be warm, but prop- 

 erly ventilated. The inside of the house should be whitewashed 

 frequently, and an occasional sprinkling with coal oil will also 

 be found advisable. In addition to whatever dry feed may be 



