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longer popular, and but few flocks are now kept, although 

 they once were common. 



The Cochin is also an Asiatic breed, large in size, like 

 the Brahma, a standard weight for males being 11 pounds 

 and for females 9J^ pounds. This is a deep-bodied, massive 

 fowl, having a loose plumage with much downy fiber under- 

 neath, which gives the entire 

 body a fluffy appearance. The 

 legs are heavily feathered. These 

 fowls are valued for roasters 

 rather than for egg production. 

 There are four varieties of Coch- 

 ins, buff, black, white, and part- 

 ridge. 



The Langshan is a single- 

 combed Asiatic breed, somewhat 

 smaller and more active than 

 the Brahma or Cochin, and 

 much more popular, both for 

 meat and for egg production. 

 There are two varieties, the 

 black and the white. The males 

 weigh 9J/ pounds and the fe- 

 males 7^2 pounds, at maturity, 

 of breast, and the form is compact. The legs of the black 

 variety are bluish colored, and slightly feathered. The 

 comb, face, wattles, and ear lobes are bright red in color. 



The Leghorn is a breed of European origin, getting its 

 name from Leghorn, Italy. This is distinctly an egg-laying 

 breed. The features of importance are, large, single, or rose 

 comb, the single comb on the hens drooping to one side. The 

 head is small, the eye of good size, ear lobes white, comb 

 and wattles red, and beak, legs, and skin yellow. The breast 



Fig. 174. Light Brahma hen, 

 Lady V, first at Chicago, 1911. 

 Photograph by courtesy the 

 Poultry Herald. 



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