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THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER. 



fixed type, beyond the general points which probably all 

 would agree in, of a well-furnished tail carried rather high, 

 scantily-feathered shanks (a mere fringe of feathers) little 

 fluff, a good breast, and close and glossy plumage, with a 

 green gloss which true votaries religiously term " sheen." 

 Extraordinary and unfortunate caprice has been manifested 

 in regard to height on the leg. At one time a moderate 



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Miss Croad's Langshans. 



length and compact body seemed on the point of acknow- 

 ledgment, when another of the many lamentable con- 

 troversies set in upon this point, and the type accepted by 

 the Langshan Society became higher and higher, until at 

 the Palace Shows of 1896 and 1897 we measured prize 

 cockerels as high between the thighs from the floor of the 

 pen, as several Malays. This provoked a reaction, such 

 birds being stigmatised by a few of the old breeders as 



