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Title: The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
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Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: Quincy, Ill., The Reliable poultry journal publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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le of their color wih age. The shanks of he Partridge Cochin and Black Cochinare of a darker shade of color than the others, and there isless trouble experienced in having them of the proper Stan-dard color. One great trouble with Cochins of all kinds isthat they seem to be more afflicted with scaly legs thansome breeds, and it is hard to get this out when once it getsa hold. The way to prevent it is never to make use ofCochin females for mother hens that have this affliction,for so sure as you do, all the young chicks that such a henraises to maturity will be afflicted in like manner. In preparing birds for the show room, you must havethem in the very finest of health and condition, absolutelyclean throughout, and their foot feathering as well pre-served as possible. Foot feathering is usually kept in goodshape for exhibition by keeping the fowls on dry sand,feeding them all their food from troughs or boxes and neverinducing them to scratch or break the foot feathering. J. D. NBVIUS.
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ffl vSSfe^i-J-.r^- - . ■?■*■ ^P*-*V-» i-j <£*Jgt- fcjB38 ~J^. M POULTRY Standard Bred Buff Cochins—By Sewell. COCHIN MALE SHAPE. Criticisms of Foremost Judges and Cochin Breeders on a Composite Ideal From Live Models, Drawnby Franklane L. Sewell—A Collection of Opinions That Are in Themselves Authority on the Ideal Shape of a Standard Cochin Male. From the Reliable Poultry Journal. E PRESENT the following criticisms of Artist F.L. Sewells delineation of Standard Cochin maleshape offered by those most interested in theCochin fancy in an honest endeavor to secure amore uniform type for the guidance of breeders and judges:G. 0. Brown, Maryland, judge and breeder: The maleappears too much wedge-shaped, lacks fullness of bothbreast and fluff in comparison with height. Comb too farfront. Wattles too large and should not fold. Leg and toefeathering a trifle too full for American Cochins, but iffull feathered or English is to become the prevailing fash-ion, all right. Short in

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