POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



were from them to learn kind and gentle manners and 

 thence forward to live in peace. " In 1847 it was declared 

 that ' ' all England was given over to a universal hen fever ' ' 

 the Asiatic had invaded England, and the Britisher had 

 bowed the knee. It is asserted that $250 was freely paid 

 for a cock bird, and $25 for a sitting of eggs. The Queen of 

 England had received an importation in 1845. Poultry 



LE MANS 



(A special French meat breed. (Courtesy of Editor, "La Vie a La 

 Campagne," Paris.) 



shows became fashionable and great crowds attended, but 

 in process of time, as Brown says, "the bubble burst." 

 Wright declared valiantly against the crime of ' ' mongreliz- 

 ing" the ancient fowls of England with the Cochin. 



The invasion occurred. The Cochin disappeared, but not 

 before the fowls of two continents had been ' ' mongrelized ' ' 

 as Wright would have it. The Cochin has practically ceased 

 to be a part of the poultry industry. It is unknown as a 

 practical breed. It has passed from the stage. But it has 

 left its stamp. The yellow leg and the yellow skin came 



