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of this type are of European ancestry and are usually 

 known among poultry specialists as the Mediterranean breeds. 



The meat type of fowl 

 is said to be comparable 

 to the draft horse, beef 

 cattle, mutton sheep, and 

 the fat hog. It is squarely 

 built, compact, thickly 

 fleshed, wide of back and 

 breast, and heavy of limb. 

 Fowls of this type, when 

 fat, have a carcass thickly 

 covered with meat, and 

 are especially valued for 

 roasting. The hens, as a 

 rule, are of sluggish dis- 

 position and are inferior ir;„„,„o,r >,, » » ,,, -nu . 



^ I'lgurezls. — Meat-type of fowl. Photograph 



egg-producers. The meat- '""^ Poultry tleratd. 



type fowls sometimes weigh 10 to 12 pounds. They are of 



Asiatic origin, and are 

 represented by the Brah- 

 ma, Cochin, and Lang- 

 shan breeds. 



The general - purpose 

 type of fowl, as might be 

 supposed, is valued for 

 both egg and meat pro- 

 duction. This type is 

 medium in size, has con- 

 siderable fullness of breast 

 and width of back, and 

 fattens to advantage. In 

 egg production some 



Figure 216.— General-purpose type. A White general - purpOSC brCeds 



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