St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-12
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. SATURDAY, JANUARY IL,

mated that they have become su.p
po<ite Of the two families, and tlrs ex-
ceptions to the regular shape are
those which have bred back to remote
1have bred Plymouth Rocks
for some years and my preference
is for the blush tint. for think
it easier to breed males and fe-
males to a uniform color if this tint is
sought Birds of this color will grad
ually come to have lemon-cOlored
shanks, and no color looks better than
this. Darker birds will almost always
have orange-colored shanks, with
to show distinctly red in the
sides and black scales here and there.
though now good many can be found
with pure orange shanks. A Plymouth
Rock hen with q pure yellow beak is
about the rarcst bird that can be
sought for, but At the Ohio state fair I
saw one or two specimens Of this kind.
This is what breeders have been after
for some time. and it is 70 be hoped
they will succeed in getting them, for
when that is done the breeding Of
tss,;on plymouth Rocks will havi reached per-
Black Langshans.-AlthouRh Black
Langshans are among the most recent
acquisitions in the Asiatics class, they
have become quite popular in this
country, and much more sofn England,
where they are bred to the greatest
perfection. The high lsiccs which
they brought when first Introduced led
. good many tricky American breeders
to cross them with the Black Cochins
in order to multiply them rapidly and
get the advantage of thu good price
the great demand made nossible, and
this has led to an incorreit ideal being
formed in the minds Of &sgood many
who have not all the facts - draw from.
The Cochin shape is ent1ely distinct
from the true Langshan shape, and the
two will never be mistaken for each
other when one has seen md studied
the true Langshan as he bred in En-
gland by those who wed among the
first to import the breed erom the hills
Of northern China. The true Langshan
has an exceedingly short back and high
head and drawing a straight line to
the center of the feet and from there
to the highest point of the tail and
qack to the head and an almost perfect
triangle will inclose the bird. Some
one has called Lanshans the three
cornered breed" on account of this
triangular boundary line. The line
down the back Of the neck across the
back and up along the tail is verv
nearly the shape of the letter Z.
As . fowl for profit the Lang
shan has proven itself the best
of all the Asiatics. They are
of a brilliant greenish black, and their
feathers have metallic reflection that
shows the colors of the rainbow when
the SUM is reflected from them. Their
flesh is white and juicy, and they are
the very best of the class for table use.
The bottom of their feet are pink. and
this is the final test of purity, for any
infusion of Black Cochin blood can be
told by the yellow bottoms Of the feet
of cross-bred birds--American Farmer.
The Brown Leghorn Fowl In shape
the Leghorn is characterized by trim
ness and sprightliness that few fowls
possess. The carriage is very upright.
and the large and gaily-carried
tail of the cock increases his ap-
parent size and adds greatly to
his beauty. The red, darkly-st, iped
hackles Of the male and his solid black
breast make a very attractive cornbi
nation in colors, and the warm brown
of the females possesses quiet beauty
scarcely less attractive in its way than
the richest colors of the male.
Brown Leghorns mature very early.
pullets having been known to lay " hen
four to five months old. This early
maturity makes the Leghorns a very
profitable fowl for the farm. Long be-
fore the heavier fowls think of lAying
the Leghorn pullets have begun and il
Matched early will frequently pay in
eggs for their raising. before winter
sets in. Broiler raisers frequently use
= cross of Leghorn male on some
heavier breed to increase she growth
of the chickens in the drst two
months of their lives. Brown Leg.
horns are reasonably hardy. but
do best when they can have liberty
They are excellent foragers. and will
on q farm during the summer months
pick up q good share of their living.
In winter they need . good. warm
house, to prevent the freezing of their
combs, and if provided with such .
house will lay quite we'll even in very
cold weather. But it is during the
warm days OF spring and the hot days
of summer that they produce the
greatest number of eggs. The eggs Of
the Leghorn are pearl white. all, or
nearly all, of the same shade, giving
them a very uniform appearance. Once
in great while there will be Leg.
horn hen that will lay an egg with a
slight buff tint, but SO rarely does this
happen that one is almost safe in de.
claring that their eggs are always pure
white. They are of good marketable
size, and, being white, really look ia
be larger.-American nARriculturist.
HERE AND THERE.
Push the corn-gathering and get il
al under good shelter.
Fruit trees may be planted until
the soil freezes too hard to work.
The value pf nearly all rough feed
is greatly enhanced by being run
through n cutter