The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-11-28
THE OHIO DEMOCRAT
To Dur Patrons ana Friends.
FARM AND GARDEN.
The American Dominique.

Y The American Dominique.
Z The American Dominfque is the
&dest of strictly American breeds.
\ is good example ok what can
@ done by selection With definite
Shd in View. It's pedigree termin-
ktes, as one traces itsbaek, in the
Hmmont "hawk colored barnyard
Hwl. III its early hist0ff Domin-
aanes had both single Ind rose
combs, and It'll altog getKstprobable
that the 1single~combcd birds were
Sne of the progenitors of the Bar
yed Plymouth Rock, though that
Excellent breed doubtless iad a
Multiple origin: But Anally the
The rose conntS ts1s Implanted
We single comb IN Unes, jtsst Us the
fa combed BrahIlnas supplanted
those with d single comb. BY con-
Martly selecting rose ombed fowls
With barred plumage and sthose
bat had the largest size, the Dom
fAique gradually 8kApsd itself into
d distinctive bleed N4 one knows,
or if he does he aintsins a mys-
Ssrious silence, who haS the honor
n originating this d..
q 1t seems to have Been like Topsy
and just !s'growe The Dominique
HAS an efcellent hHpe. It Is not
IKE thatof the plymouth Rock,
bht is longer in body and fuller In
tail and suggests 10Th t6e Dofking
shd the Hamburg Most persons
Yre apt . be careless obseiyers,
and even some whospose as experts
seem to be ignorantx6f the true
type Of / Dominiq6SsA Hende we
sometimes seebirdS Whining prizes
chat are in reality more likeI Ply
mouth Rockssthan Domfniques and
perhaps were produced by cr6ssing
the two breeds. Thaig shape lis an
Admirable one forN general purpose
fowl, as 1t indicatssS Sood laying
qualities, with table properties of
no mean order, and fn' fact the
Dominique is AN excellent layer
and makes really goodpoultry.
To a fahcier the Don,Jnique needs
much improvement aThe comb is
not SO neht as he could wish, though
this feature has greetly, improved
the past ten years. The plum
age, however, is the most defective
point in the bwL 1t isa described
ia The american STANDARD of Per-
Hction u precisely the same words
Y used II describing the plumage
Of the Barred Plymouth Rock. 1t
ghght tosbe just likessthat Of the
Rarred plymouth Rock, but it is
apt. The hens, are too dark and
have "muddy" look. The beauty
of a barred plnmage consists in
6aving the aHesnate black and
white bars elesflY deaneds and
ftand out dist tIactIyI Z upon the fowls.
This canybe aftained only by hav-
ihg the light bars Wider than the
DIRK ones, and having the latter
'fsrrow. Toaiiafi whokeepsfowls
far profit these matters are Of little
moment, and farmer, unless he
aaso be q fancier,as some farmers
aEe, will not be dstssfed from keep.
ing Dominiques because of the lack
of these hice points,.
HThe Dominique IL not very pop
Nar fowl, despite its great value
d apractical, everday, useful breed
This want Of popularity, says as
Mgh authority as H. 8. Babcock, in
4ae A,eericdss 4gysiQsEturist, is
hrobably due 70 4Wyp 3ngs+firs
the defects whioE Sbeens indi.
csted and which Sders have
Neglected to rem nd, second,
tbe smaller size 81 the fowl scom.
pared with that ofite 1ewestsrival
tbe Barred Plyy1aQnthnRck. Amer,
leans like Iard Sle. Even If i,
could hesdemonstrated that there
was justsas much pseft IN raising Q
ssr, oil cniu1 N @ ~ -, =. .1<1t9