CHAP. II. 



LANGSHANS AND ORPINGTONS. 



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Fig. 154. Prize Langshans. 



buff, the cuckoo, the partridge, and the white, the second and fourth 

 named of these being the most popular. Cochins cannot be recom- 

 mended for economic pro- 

 perties, for though good 

 winter layers the maternal 

 instinct is highly developed. 



Lanyshans. Of this breed 

 there is only one variety, 

 which is black in colour, 

 longer in the leg than the 

 Brahma or the Cochin, 

 with a sprightlier carriage, 

 and like the letter Y in 

 shape (fig. 154). The comb 

 is single, the legs are only 

 slightly feathered, and the 

 habit is active. Unfortun- 

 ately, breeding for exhibition 

 has done great harm, as the 

 show type is very long in 

 the leg, and has lost its 

 original qualities. The 

 "Croad" Langshan is to be 

 preferred. 



Orpinytons. O riginally 

 there was only one variety 

 of this breed, the black, 

 made up of one-half Lang- 

 shan, one-quarter each Min- 

 orca and Plymouth Eock, 

 following the Langshan type 

 but with clean legs. An- 

 other is the Buff Orpington, 

 similar in shape, but with 

 white legs and feet. This 

 lias proved one of the most 

 valuable races ever intro- 

 duced, and as an essentially 

 economic fowl, good for meat 

 and as a winter layer, it has 

 found acceptance in all parts 

 of the world. The combina- 

 tion of white flesh and skin 

 with the production of tinted 

 shelled eggs is found very F ig. 155.-Plymouth Rocks. 



seldom. It is a fairly quick 

 grower, very suitable for the spring trade, and the flesh is well distributed. 



Plymouth Rocks. This breed has been cultivated in Britain for nearly 

 thirty years, and during that time has advanced to almost the first 



