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JERSEY BUTE FOWLS. 97 



It is useless to give further de.tails of these fowls, as they are 

 not popular, and the less we have to do with them the better, 

 when other breeds of much more value are within our reach, 

 at very moderate prices. It appears that a large red fowl is 

 called " Malay," at the south, as will be seen by the following 

 extract : 



The Malays do very well in this climate, (Ga.) ; lay large eggs, and 

 about fifteen at a litter ; may easily be prevented from sitting, and 

 are otherwise easily managed. The chickens are strong when hatched, 

 grow fast, and feather sooner than most of the large birds ; color, red. 



GEO. A. SMITH. 

 Macon, Ga. 



JERSEY BLUE FOWLS. 



This breed was once much in vogue, but are not popular at 

 the present time. They originated in New Jersey, from a cross 

 of some of the Great Malay with some of our native breeds. 

 Dr. Kerr, in his " Ornamental and Domestic Poultry," says : 



" The color of this variety is light-blue, sometimes approaching to 

 dun ; the tail and wings rather shorter than those of the common 

 fowl ; its legs are of various colors, generally dark, sometimes lightly 

 feathered. Of superior specimens, the cocks weigh from seven to nine 

 pounds, and the hens from six to eight pounds. They are evidently 

 mongrels ; and though once a good deal thought of, yet, since the 

 purer breeds, as the Shanghaes and Cochin Chinas, have been intro- 

 duced, they begin to be neglected, as indeed all mongrels should be, 

 BO far as breeding from them is concerned." 

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