NATURAL LAWS. 61 



Practical Points of a Langshan. 



A Black Langshan fowl is the best mother. Why? She 

 is very careful with eggs and her chicks. She will take them 

 of any age and size and mother them, even if they are not 

 her own hatched. She is not always looking for a fight, but 

 is very gentle and tame. They do not set like other large 

 fowls. Only once a year they care to set, while others want 

 to set all summer and are willing to try to hatch stones or 

 their own feet. 



They lay the year round, and when my wife wants eggs 

 she goes into the Langshan house for them. This she can 

 not do with any other breed. I will put them up against 

 any other breed in this country. Some people think the 

 Leghorn is the best layer. This is a great mistake. Keep 

 account for yourself which is the best. I have kept egg 

 records for ten years and know whereof I write. A Leg- 

 horn will lay eggs like the old harry for a while, especially 

 when every other hen lays, but when it comes to laying in 

 the winter she is behind every other breed. She lays eggs 

 when they are eight cents a dozen in the stores, but a Lang- 

 shan will lay when they are thirty and forty cents a dozen, 

 and when eggs are twenty-five cents in the fall the Leghorn 

 is moulting, but the Langshan is laying right along through 

 the moulting season. 



Some say that the Langshan has black legs and black 

 feathers and does not sell good or dress well. How about a 

 turkey? Have they not black pin-feathers and is not their 

 meat good? A Langshan is better eating than a turkey. 

 The French cooks always prefer a black fowl, because they 

 say the meat is juicier, sweeter and finer in bone and skin. 



A turkey has black legs, so has a Langshans, and the 

 meat is extra good in both. The best Black Langshans come 

 from the cold northern part of China, and are hardy and 

 stand the cold climate better than any other breed. You 

 must introduce the Langshans to your market. In fact, I 



