The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-03-11
ureeDa AND VARIETIES GALORE

"GrnriuU, gOudurss,' "SCluimcd I
%"nnu ~ u fair where GGDO fowls
were rNniltrd. i never saw 50 many
Kind, 81 chickens. why, they are all
the colurs Of the rainbow
"ESnag"raiinG." you remark. who
ever heard Of - blue or green chicken"
Bui listen to our little lay.
The Blue Andalusinn has n red
comb. whit" ear lubes aud blue plum.
age. and thus every time he crows
md wngs his tail he waves the red.
white and blue The fanCicrs of the
Emerald Isl" last year succeeded In
breeding emerald green chickens. and
what II convenience for 81. l'atrick's
dny they must he. or course the mil.
lions of green ducks bred In New York
and PENNSYLVANIA are not just that
color but in midwintcr II surely takes
the long green TO buy them.
But isn't 1t wonderful what breeds,
varieties aud colors Of chickens there
are. aud all descended from the little
Jungle fowl OF India!
In the STANDARD Of Perfection" the
Ynnkee fnncier's guide, there are II
cinsses. IS breeds aud l0i varieties.
The chief CLASSES are the American.
English. Mediterranean aud Asiatic.
The American consists OF six breeds
plymouth Rocks. WyundOttcs. Javas.
Domniqurs, Rhode Island Reds aud
buckeyes, and there are seventeen VA.
rietles of these. unless some Yankee
has recently Invented new one
OF English there ARE three breeds
Dorkings. licdcnps aud Orpinglons.
With five varieties
The Mediterranean consists of i've
breeds LcghurmS. MinorcHs, Spanish.
Ancouas aud Audalusians, with thir-
teen varieties
OF the Asintics there are three breeds
Brahnas. Cochtns aud Lungshans,
with eight varieties
Now add the other seventeen breeds,
with their varieties. aud the many
other breeds and croSshrrcds and their
varieties aud You will quickly con
clude That the worlds fun of Growers
Perhaps there may be nothing new
under the sun" but sure there Is some.
thing new doing under the hen. for
while you are reading this hen tale
some rooster genius IL working over.
time to turn out Il ncwfanglcd Grower
The unapprccintive world Just now
passes 10y such muritoriuuS work, but
the day Is coming when the hail of
fame will contain memorials like the
following:
In memory OF famed Ell brown
The smartcSt rooster man In town,
New ROSTERS were his great delight
For these he hustled day and night
Though preachers ate them slewed and
fried.
I'm sweat to Keep the world supplied;
Hence here We place TINS eulogy
To Bill. the rooster prodigy.
But aren't they Jest chickens any.
how"
Yes, aud more"
While color Is the only difference be.
tween some, especially varieties Of the
same breed, for convenience we divide
them into fancy, meat, egg aud gen.
cral purpose breeds
That word fancy" refers especially
10 ornamental fowls, such MS sllklcs,
frizzlcs aud those pretty lllliputians Of
poultrydom the hnntamS
Some dumb smart ucck has ap-
piled this word fancy" TO all show
birds. aud SO Mir Know lt.nll arises To
remark that show birds are simply n
handful Of pretty feathers.
What n hot air Authorization of an
overworkcd imagination
Next to fancy are the strictly egg
breeds. which are mostly small, nCrv.
GUS, nonsettcrs. great fongrrs and III
crs. representative Of which are Leg
horns, Minorcas and AudaluSians
The meat breeds, represented by
Brahmas, CoChins and LNngshans. are
awkward, great settlers poor layers,
but prime for holiday market.
The general purpose fowl is fine for
table, good for eggs, good setter and
mother active AHd gentle
This the most popular Of breeds i,
represented 10y the Wynndottc. rlym
outh Rock and Rhode Island Rcd,
these three fowls being most popular
In their order In the United States TO.
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