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SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



the Brahma for exhibtion or breeding, and the pointed tail 

 is what is to be avoided. 



And finally a word about eombs. Select the very best 

 and finest combs possible to be found in the females, and in 

 the male a similar, but somewhat larger comb. My ideal of 

 a true Brahma comb is to have the middle section somewhat 

 higher than those on the sides, with seven well-defined ser- 

 rations or points, the sides each with five points, and the 

 whole comb arched on top to correspond with the curvature 

 of the crown of the head, the whole also fitting firmly and . 

 closely to the head, the whole also fitting firmly and close- 

 ly to the head, so that it will not shake or show any tend- 

 ency to lop. It must, therefore, have a broad base. A 

 encycy to lop. It must, therefore, have a broad base. A 

 good comb adds the finishing touch to a beautiful bird, and 

 is a point that every fancier will cultivate. 



And when one has secured a Light Brahma with a 

 ■ nearly perfect comb, well-penciled hackles and coverts, black 

 flights and tails, of typical shape and size, he has a most 

 valuable fowl and one that will bring a long price. Such 

 a fowl while none the less useful because of its beauty, is, 

 because of its beauty, one to command admiration and coax 

 gold out of the pockets of observers, and to produce such 

 a triumph of the breeder's art, is well worth the careful 

 study of the stock and the necessary consideration of 

 mating. 



standard-bred Single Comb Brown L<es:homs. 

 THE LEaHORNS, BBOWN AND WHITE. 



The Egg Machine of Poultrydom — An 'Article on Mating Sin- 

 gle Comb Brown leghorns — Also White Leghorns 

 —The Rose Comb Variety. 



Note. — The Leghorns (of which there are five desirable 

 varieties, the Single Comb Brown, the Single Comb White, 

 the Bose Comb Brown, the Eose Comb White, and the 

 Single Comb Buff) all are well known as the great egg-pro- 

 ducers of poultrydom. Where eggs alone in large numbers 

 are wanted, the Leghorns are the most desirable fowl. We 

 are a great admirer of the Leghorns. They ara a neat, thrifty 

 handsome and profitable fowl and will never cease to be 

 popular. The Eose Oomb W'hite and Brown Leghorns are 

 identical with the Single Comb varieties, except that they 

 have the rose comb, or the Wyandotte comb, in place of the 

 tall, frost-in viter of the latter. We have bred 'all five 

 varieties. The Eose Oomb we took up on account of the 

 steady demand for them in northern latitudes, arising from 

 the superior laying qualities of all Leghorns, and the fact 



that the Eose Comb varieties are less liable to froat-bite. A 

 ben with a frozen or badly bitten comb will cease laying.. 

 We found that the Eose Comb varieties lay equally as well 

 as do their Single Comb cousins. Where Leghorns are 

 wanted in northern latitudes, we recommend the Eose Oombs, 

 either White or Brown. 



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Standard-bred Single Comb Wblte TLeBboms. 



MATING SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. 



BY ME. F. H. SHELL ABAEGEE, JUBGE. 



In mating this variety to produce chicks of the standard 

 rexjuirements, first the breeder must consider the quality of 

 stock he is breeding from. The male should have as man;' 

 desirable features as it is possible to get, beginning with 

 size. He suoiild be of good style, with well arched neck, a 

 straight five point comb, medium size and free from twiats 

 in front; with smooth, white ear-lobes of medium size; wat- 

 tles well developed and free froin folds; breast full and 

 round and carried well forward; back medium, though not 

 long and having a gentle sweep from center to tail; wings 

 should be rather large, having quite large flights, well 

 folded; tail should be well spread, carried well up; sicmes 

 and coverts well developed, showing lustrous green; legs 

 should be of good length and toes straight. Fully flf ty per 

 cent of the Brown Leghorns all over the country are too 

 short-legged, which spoils symmetry. In most cases they 

 are under size and inclined. to run too much to the bantam 

 in that respect. So, in selecting a malej see to it that he 

 is well up in size, and has good length of legs. Color can 

 be summed up in a few words: Neck feathers should have 

 a distinct black stripe edged with brilliant red, and this 

 edging of red should circle the lower two-thirds of the 

 feathers, so that the black stripe does not show out on the 

 end of tne feathers. You then have a well laced hackle. 

 Saddle should be the same as to color and lacings, ine 

 und'er cOiOr in all sections should be dark slate, free from 

 white. Color of legs and toes yellow. Be careful to guard 

 against any tendency to flesh' color, as in some cases the 

 finest colored ear-lobes are to be found on birds with pale 

 shanks. Use only such as have yellow shanks, free from 

 feathers or down. 



In selecting mates, get females that are of good style 

 and size, with combs medium, and those that lap the entire 

 length of comb, and when viewed from in front, such as do 

 not fall across the head, but such as lap and form a true 

 arch in front, free from twists. This, you say, is hard to 

 get, yet, nevertheless, they come that way when bred right. 



