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POULTRY 



of this class, in the order of their popularity, are the 

 Brahma, the Langshan, and the Cochin. The Brahmas 



are the heaviest, and the 

 Langshans are the tallest 

 of the three. As large 

 chickens for roasting, no 

 breed excels these three. 

 Poultry fanciers, how- 

 ever, have bred them 

 more for feathers than 

 for utility or use. 



The meat breeds were 

 formerly practically all 

 in the Asiatic class, 



EGG YIELDS. 



Lady Eglantine's record (314 eggs) 

 compared with the work of the average 

 hen (135 eggs). 



but with the almost en- 

 tire disappearance of this type of chickens, breeds of 

 the American class have taken their place. 



320. The General Pur- 

 pose Breeds, sometimes 

 known as the "American 

 Class," combine with 

 more or less success the 

 characteristics of the egg 

 and of the meat breeds. 

 American poultry men, 

 in developing this class, 

 desired a medium-sized 

 fowl of great vigor and 

 plain type, adapted to a 

 wide range of conditions, 

 and a fowl that would 

 produce at least a fair 

 amount of both eggs 

 and meat. To this class 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK HEN. 



