PROFITABLE EGG FARMING. 
Light Brahmas. 
meat producers, it will be conceded that they 
have excellent qualities' which fairly entitle 
them to be considered as profitable all-purpose 
fowls. A well-known poultry editor writing 
of this breed, says: 
“ The Light Brahma is one of the oldest and 
best known breeds. They are the largest varie¬ 
ty of fowl, a very hardy meat producing breed, 
and good layers, of large brown eggs. Their 
beautiful plumage, a happy combination of 
black and white, small pea combs, red faces and 
earlobes, and heavily booted, yellow legs, to¬ 
gether with their proud, stately carriage make 
them a very attractive fowl. Although con¬ 
sidered chiefly a meat breed they are, when 
properly handled, excellent layers, and being 
fine winter layers they produce the most of their 
eggs in the season when eggs command the 
highest prices. 
“The Brahmas make good sitters and mothers 
but are somewhat more clumsy then the lighter 
w r eight sitters. Their extreme hardiness makes 
them particularly easy to raise by artificial 
means. They are exceedingly tame and gentle 
and are easily confined by a low fence. For a 
large breed they mature early, 
the pullets being ready to lay 
w r hen from seven to nine 
months old. This variety is 
especially popular with grow¬ 
ers of winter roasters and is 
also widely used for growing 
broilers and frying chickens, 
both straight bred and used 
as the foundation or under¬ 
cross. As large roasters the 
full grown fowls are unsurpass¬ 
ed by any pure breed. The 
growers of winter roasters in 
eastern Massachusetts use 
Light Brahmas almost ex¬ 
clusively. Their gentle dis¬ 
position and the ease with 
which they may be confined, 
with their ability to do better 
in limited quarters than al¬ 
most any other varietv, make 
them especially valuable. 
“This breed will prove ex¬ 
ceedingly valuable for those 
whose space is limited and who 
desire to try profitable poul¬ 
try keeping on a city lot or 
village acre. As a city breed¬ 
er once said, ‘The Brahmas are an ideal 
fowl where lack of ground-room would 
forbid the keeping of other varieties. They 
do well, with good care, in a space that 
would seem scarcely ‘ turning about room ’ 
for other fowls, and they will lay quite as 
many eggs as the other meat producing varie¬ 
ties. Then when one wants a fowl or roaster for 
the family dinner, it is only necessary to kill 
one bird to get eight or ten pounds of dressed 
poultry, which is a decided advantage to the 
man who keeps a small flock. ’ ” 
The Light Brahma is deservedly popular, 
the most popular variety of the Asiatic class, 
and is a formidable rival of the leading American 
general purpose varieties. The following state¬ 
ment by Mr. I. K. Felch will be endorsed by all 
who know and love this grand fowl: “ The 
breeder who took the Light Brahmas in his 
keeping fifty years ago, acknowledging their 
worth then, is today their staunch friend, and 
he tells you with the same enthusiasm that they 
are the best fowl on earth when they are allowed 
to appear in the shape and color that is then* 
birthright.” 
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