. Alimentation de stock rentable; un livre pour l'agriculteur . Type à usage général—Orpingtons de bourre à composition unique. Souches d'une autre couleur ou variété. Les RhodeIsland Reds et les Orpingtons sont parmi les plus thenewest de cette classe, et ils prouvent eux-mêmes de splendides mowls d'utilité. Des Orpingtons, le Bufif semble être le favori en Amérique, bien que le blanc et le noir sont de beaux oiseaux, le dernier étant pensé par certains pour être hardierque les autres. Les poules de cette classe sont de bons sit-ters et d'excellentes mères. 314 ALIMENTATION RENTABLE DES STOCKS. Classe III La viande de volaille, aussi appelée asiatique.—ce sont t

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. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . General-purpose Type—Single Comb Buff Orpingtons. strains of some other color or -variety. The RhodeIsland Reds and the Orpingtons are among thenewest of this class, and they are proving them-selves splendid utility fowls. Of the Orpingtons, the Bufif seems to be the favorite in America, though the White and the Black are beautiful birds, the latter being thought by some to be hardierthan the others. Hens from this class are good sit-ters and excellent mothers. 314 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. Class III. Meat Fowls, also Called Asiatic.—These are the largest of all fowls. To thisgroup belong the Brahmas, the Langshans andthe Cochins. These birds are gentle and tame, very pleasant to handle, and with proper carethe pullets and young hens will produce many eggs;yet this very docility and sluggishness of disposi-tion make them less prolific egg prodvicers thanthe smaller and more active breeds. They will, however, dress more pounds for the market. The. Meat Type—Partridge Cochins. flesh is juicy and sweet, and in some localities nearour large cities, especially those of the Eastern sea-board, birds of this class are very profitable. Thesefowls are by natural disposition good sitters andmothers, but their great size, with its conseciuentawkwardness, sometimes interferes with their valuein this respect. There is, however, no better moth-er in chickendom than a good Cochin, Brahma, or Lansshan hen or half-breed. CHAPTER XXXI. RAISING LITTLE CHICKS. When to Set the Eggs.—It is, of course, the rais-ing of the Httle chicks that forms the foundation ofour success with pouUry. To get good winterlayers we must set the eggs at the proper time, whether we use for this purpose incubators or hens.It is from the pullets that the greatest number of win-ter eggs are to come. They must be hatched so theywill be ready to begin laying in November or earlyDecember. Pullets from Class I should begin layingfrom 4J-2 to 5^ months from time of

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