140 VARIETIES OF THE 



Among the many varieties of the Gallus race which have 

 been introduced into the New England States from China, 

 there is no variety which possesses so many good qualities as 

 the White Shanghaes. 



The White Shanghaes are larger and more quiet than other 

 varieties. The flesh of these Fowls is much superior, not 

 sinewy or " stringy/ 7 as is the case with the flesh of most of the 

 other Shanghaes. The Eggs are larger, and these Hens are 

 more prolific than those of other colours. 



In their habits they are more quiet, and less inclined to 

 ramble. These habits render the Hens invaluable for incuba- 

 tors and nurses, and the mildness of their disposition makes 

 them excellent foster-mothers, as they never injure the Chicks 

 belonging to other Hens. I am induced to speak more fully 

 of these characteristics, from the many vexatious losses I have 

 suffered in the experiments I have tried. 



I have imported different breeds of Fowls from Europe and 

 elsewhere, and have received from many friends specimens of 

 choice Fowls, and my endeavours to propagate them have been 

 frustrated by the rambling or quarrelsome disposition of the 

 Hens which I have been obliged to use for incubators and 

 nurses. I have lost, oftentimes, by .quarrelsomeness of the 

 Hens, their entire broods; for instance, the Game Hens are 

 constant sitters and careful nurses to their own Chickens, Ibut 

 are exceedingly cruel to those of other Hens. The moment 

 one of their Chickens is injured, a fight is commenced, and the 

 Chickens, alarmed at the turmoil, crowding around their dams, 

 are many of them killed, and the victorious Hen, after her 

 opponent has retreated, will attack every Chick within her 

 reach, and oftentimes, in her desire for revenge, mistaking her 

 owns Chicks as belonging to her antagonist, destroys them. In 

 the mean time the vanquished will destroy every stranger's 

 Chick that comes within her reach. 



A Hen of active and energetic disposition confined in a coop, 



