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Show SUPERIOR FOWLS FOR TABLE Large Breed of Chickens, Such aa Brahmins and Cochins, Fully Grown, Make Fine Eating. The larger breeds of fawls, such as the Brahmas or Cochins, make very fine eating when nearly full grown if they have been fed properly. If half grown, immature birds are desired for the table, then those breeds above named will not furnish them nearly as well as will such breeds as Leg- IP'' ,,f Buff Cochin. norns. Games and others of a like kind. The reason for this is that the Brahmas are much longer maturing, while the Game and all the small or medium-sized breeds are sooner developed. de-veloped. They feather up quickly and acquire the much desired plumpness sooner and more easily than do any of the larger breeds. This is especially espe-cially so with the pullets, though the same rule applies with cockerels, which latter require maturity (not necesarily age) to make them really fine eating. |