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good meat quality will not be found in fowls of large bone 

 and heavy feathering. In addition the meat breeds should 

 have large size. The only breeds of any prominence in 

 America that will come under this classification are the 

 Cochin, Brahma and Langshan. 



The Brahma. There are two varieties of Brahma, the 

 light and the dark. The light Brahma is the largest vari- 



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ety of fowls of any breed. The Dark Brahma is a pound 

 lighter according to ' ' Standard ' ' weights. The chief char- 

 acteristics of the Brahma are : Large size, gentle dispo- 

 sition, slow, easily confined by low fences and long in 

 maturing. The fowls lay a brown egg, have yellow skin 

 and shanks, and have heavily feathered legs. There are 

 good layers among them, but to breed them specially for 

 laying they would most likely degenerate in their meat 

 qualities. To maintain them as a meat breed, egg-laying 

 should be secondary. The breeder should choose his 

 breeding stock from those of good meat type and be satis- 



