THE ASIATICS. 



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T. Cadwallader, Ohio, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "'While the drawing is good, I would offer the following 

 -criticisms: Ear-lobes are rather too small; wings are car- 

 ried just a little too low; the back is too straight, it should 

 >have a more concave sweep to tail; the neck is a little too 

 ^short; the legs and toes are too short, giving the bird too 

 much of a Cochin appearance; tail is too large." 



T. N. Smiley & Son, Indiana, breeders of Light Brah- 

 mas: "We think the female is a little long in back, and 

 perhaps a little full in breast, otherwise it is excellent." 



W, A. Irvin, Nebraska, breeder of Light Brahmas: "I 

 -am pleased to accept as typical the shape and outlines of 

 the Brahma female, as drawn by Mr. Sewell." 



Sid Conger, Indiana, breeder of Light Brahmas: "The 

 'hen is coarse, too deep and coarse for her length. She is 

 too small up and down in front of her tail; head and neck 

 too small and thrown back too far. Taken all in all, the 

 hen is not good and will not do at all for an ideal." 



O. W. Randall, Nebraska, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "The female seems to me to be a little full in the tail. I am 

 glad to see less tendency to stimulate breeding toward the 

 -Cochin shape than has been shown in some previous cuts. 

 "To put the Cochin shape and feathering onto the Brahma 

 -would destroy its chief beauty— its grand, majestic appear- 

 ance." 



H. M. Uttley, Nebraska, breeder of Light Brahmas: "I 

 have no suggestions to offer in regard to the female Brahma 

 shape. Older breeders and judges may, but I should say 

 that a bird which fitted the picture in every respect would 

 be almost entitled to a score of 100." 



Alfred Dyole, Illinois, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "'Head is faulty; eye should be a little higher up and a little 

 farther back; mouth is too long; wattles should be placed 

 ■a little farther forward; ear-lobes should be directly under 

 the ear. Neck is too thick back of the head. Some of the 

 lower hackle feathers are entirely too large. Back is en- 

 tirely too straight and a little too short and not rounding 

 -enough. Breast is too full and should be cut away a little 

 -from top to bottom. The lower edge of fluff should be cut 

 -away a little; wing is not quite long enough; tail looks to be 

 too narrow; middle feathers should not be longer than the 

 tipper ones, and the upper tail coverts are entirely too large. 

 Hock and leg feathers are entirely too heavy — they would 

 look well enough on a full feathered Cochin, but are out of 

 -place on the American type of Brahma. Take her make-up 

 «11 through and I consider it too blocky." 



Mrs. B. G. Mackey, Missouri, breeder of Light Brah- 

 mas: "It appears to me the female is a little too flat at 

 "base of tail and the tail is carried rather low. Otherwise 

 'I see no fault in the shape." 



Miss Hattie Winship, Illinois, breeder of Light Brah- 

 mas: "The female is better than the male, still 1 should 

 prefer her more blocky and more heavily feathered with a 

 "back broader and not so slanting, such as you find in front- 

 ispiece of March, 1896, R. P. J." 



James George, Kansas, breeder of Light Brahmas: "The 

 meek of the female is a little full at base. The back is al- 



most too straight; it should be a little more concave, 

 tail might be elevated a little." 



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N. B. Woods, Indiana, breeder of Light Brahmas: "The 

 beautiful representation of a perfect type of Brahma female 

 is almost faultless, as I look at it, except I would suggest 

 that the back from cape to root of tail is too straight, the 

 legs are too short and there is too much feathering to rep- 

 resent activity and usefulness." 



F. P. Congdon, Wisconsin, breeder of Light Brahmas: "I 

 think this etching shows a bird a little too high for the 

 length, and, as in the male shape, the head is a little small. 

 I like to see Brahmas with a head that looks as though it 

 were full of knowledge. I want the crown to project well 

 over the eyes. Would like 'a thousand of 'em,' however, as 

 good as the etching." 



W. W. Kulp, Pennsylvania, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "I do not like the shape of the female. The breast is too, 

 much of a circle; they do not grow that way. The standard 

 'roundness' is more around horizontally than up and down. 

 The breast line is straighter; should not be one continuous 

 curve. There is too much tail. I would be satisfied with 

 less. It extends down one-third too far and is too long at 

 the end. Fluff is too full also for a Brahma." 



B. G. Hay ward, Illinois, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 think the shape of Brahma female is all right." 



H. N. Rollins, Massachusetts, breeder of Light Brah- 

 mas: "The cut of Brahma female suits me very well, but 

 I should prefer to see the back more concave." 



William Chamings, Illinois, breeder of Light. Brahmas: 

 "The Light Brahma female cut I consider extra good (much 

 better than the male) and I suggest but two changes: Back 

 at base of hackle should be flatter, and the two upper tail 

 coverts extend back too far over main tail feathers." 



N. Porter Brown, Massachusetts, breeder of Light Brah- 

 mas: "The proof of the Light Brahma female I consider 

 perfect. She fulfils my ideal to a dot." 



W. S. Campbell, Illinois, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "The tail of the female looks too long and has a pinched 

 appearance just in front of the coverts. The comb is smaller 

 than I like. The hackle is a little fuller than we find in 

 nature's productions. Breast is a little too full." 



Simon Lynch, Indiana, breeder of Light Brahmas: "This 

 cut is excellent, but I would want the back with a shade 

 more concave sweep. Hackle is too coarse. Fluff extends 

 too much on hock joint. I want a white color." 



Mrs. T. W. Ragsdale, Missouri, breeder of Light Brah- 

 mas: "I can see no fault in the female Brahma unless the 

 neck is rather short for such an immense body. She is all 

 I could wish for. I only wish I could' raise such as this 

 engraving represents." 



T. R. McDonald, Kentucky, breeder of Light Brahmas: 

 "I have very little fauit to find with the cut of Brahma 

 female. The tail might be raised a little, it gives the back 

 the appearance of being a little too long." 



