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bre;kding roosters with tail fe;athe;rs e;ighteen felt long 



In Shinewara, on the Island of Shikoku, Japan, the natives undertook to breed roosters 

 with one aim — the lengthening of the tail feathers of the ordinary barnyard cock. By 

 patient selection of a brood of fowls, the hens of which sometimes have tail feathers eight 

 inches long, continued through a hundred years, the rooster which is pictured here has tail 

 feathers which measure eighteen feet in length. The rooster seen in the photograph is the 

 property of a dealer in antiques at the famous mountain resort, Miyanoshita, on the Island 

 of Shikoku. 



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