BREEDS OF CHICKENS. 83 



ilso a reputation for general usefulness. The Silver- 

 [yaccd are shown in colored Plate II. As will be 

 een they arc 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 Jersey Blues have 

 5ome peculiarities of their own, 

 3ut are similar in size and other 

 respects to Plymouth Rocks. 



Dominiques have rose combs, 

 I neat, trim shape and a "gray, 

 lawk-colored plumage. In size 

 :hey rank with the Wyandottcs. 

 They are the oldest American klack java pui-lkt. 

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

 areed, that the Plymouth Rocks originated. 



The second general division is the Asiatic class, 

 ^•hich includes Brahmas, Light and Dark ; Cochins — 

 Puff, Partridge, White and Black ; Langshans — Black 

 find White. 



I^ight Brahmas, illustrated in colored Plate III, 

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

 ation, 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. 

 ■Vs layers the}- 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 



