BROILERS AND ROASTERS. 



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For large roasters the Asiatics, and especially the Light 

 Brahmas, have the preeminence, the Brahmas being used 

 almost to the exclusion of other breeds in the great soft 

 roaster section. The Light Brahma used here is not as a 

 rule quite up to standard size and weight ; but as good 

 average weight Brahmas for breeding purposes are always 

 in demand it may be inferred that the general use of the 

 smaller birds is due to the fact that they are more abundant 

 rather than to their being more desirable. Indeed growers 

 in that section say that the market demand for large birds 

 is steadily increasing. Chicks of the Asiatic breeds do 

 not as a rule make satisfactory broilers, but by a selection 

 of stock of a plump and rather blocky type for breeding 

 purposes one can get broilers from Asiatics that cannot be 

 excelled. 



The Mediterranean, 

 Polish, and Hamburg 

 breeds are rarely con- 

 sidered in treating of 

 table poultry. Gen- 

 erally speaking, and 

 speaking of the ordi- 

 nary stocks of these 

 varieties, for which, 

 with the exception of 

 the Minorca, there are 

 no standards of weight 

 required, each one of 

 them lacks in one or 

 more feature desirable 

 i n market poultry. 



Light Brahma Hen. 



