Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1879 — Varieties of Fowls. [ARTICLE]

Varieties of Fowls.

BLACK C«>OHIS». The characteristics cf the* Cochin family •re alike, whatever their color or name, but by careful brewing, differences have been established. The Black Cochins, for tlu>se whose choice is a black colored fowl, is as useful as the other types of Cochin fowls Their black, plumage is very rich and gloesr. The* are extremely hardy, are less inclined to'sit, and afe better layers than any of the Cochin family, but are not So large. They are good ranker*, and are therefore an excellent fowl for the farm, an 1 town. When first hatched, the chicks shon more or leas white, but eventually become black, and remain so. And now* we must leave the Asiatics (Cochins and Brahma?) They are all breeds of great sixe; they sell, when matured, better than any othex towl yon can pat on the market; can be fenced in aa* easily as a pig, and bear confinement almost as well; are not inclined to roam; and being very hardy and quiet, they cost no more to feed them than common fowls. As winter layers, they excel all others, but if you want them to lay in summer, you must stint them arc they become fat, and cease to lay. They or excellent sitters and mother*. In Irnth, to sum up, there is no more profitable breed for all purposes than - one of the Asiatic breeds.