BREEDS OF CHICKENS. 83 



also a reputation for general usefulness. The Silver- 

 lyaced are shown in colored Plate II. As will be 

 seen they are compactly built and make a fine ap- 

 pearance as dressed poultry, at whatever age they 

 may be killed for market. A mature male should 

 weigh eight and one-half pounds, and a hen two 

 pounds less. 



Javas and Rhode Island Reds 

 have some peculiarities of their 

 own, but are similar in size and 

 other respects to Plymouth Rocks. 



Dominiques have rose combs, 

 a neat, trim shape and a gray, 

 hawk-colored plumage. In size 

 they rank with the Wyandottes. 

 They are the oldest American BLACK JAVA PULLET. 

 breed and it was from a cross of these, with a larger 

 breed, that the Plymouth Rocks originated. 



The second general division is the Asiatic class, 

 which includes Brahmas, Light and Dark ; Cochins 

 Buff, Partridge, White and Black ; Langshans Black 

 and White. 



L/ight Brahmas, illustrated in colored Plate III, 

 are the largest of all the breeds. They are a modifi- 

 cation, by careful breeding for many years, of the old 

 Brahma Pootras. As now bred they are a noble and 

 attractive fowl and have also great practical merit. 

 As layers they equal, if they do not surpass, any large 

 fowls. For making heavy broilers at eight and ten 

 weeks of age they are among the very best. After 

 they are three months old they do not make first-class 

 dressed poultry until well matured, on account of 



