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How THE FAKM PAYS. 



attractive appearance. The Dark Brahma approaches more closely 

 to this class of fowls than the Light Brahma, which is a far better 

 iowl for ordinary farm purposes. The Dark Brahma has a variegated 

 plumage of black and white, with long, silky neck feathers of silvery 



WHITE COCHINS. 



white striped with black, and a small pea comb. It has a poor repu- 

 tation as an egg producer, and excepting when in new and full 

 ieather is not an attractive fowl. 



The White and Black Cochins are handsome varieties, large, clean 



BLACK COCHINS. 



and neatly formed, but they have no special value for farm purposes, 

 as there are many better kinds to choose from. A newly introduced 

 Tariety called the Langshan is so nearly like the Black Cochin that 



