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distinct types, the one large, blocky, and awkward, the other 
smaller, more slender, and more active. 
Some of these domesticated birds reached China as early 
as 1400 B.c., and soon after the people of southern Europe 
became somewhat civilized they also imported them. Those 
brought to Europe, however, belonged to the smaller type, 
and their descendants are known as the Mediterranean 
breeds, while those fancied in Asia are of the larger size and 
are known as the Asiatic breeds. 
The chickens first brought to America were Mediterranean 
breeds, and by crossing these with the stocky eastern type, — 
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the Brahmas from the Brahmapootra in India, and the 
Cochins from Shanghai, China, — we have developed a gen- 
eral purpose fowl that is especially valuable to the farmer, 
who wants a hen that is a good layer as well as a good mother 
and a good meat producer. 
Housing and Care. — Many people pay little attention to 
their poultry, but if it is to be made profitable it requires as 
much care as any other class of live stock. The poultry 
house should be warm and dry, and attached to it there should 
be a scratching shed where the fowls can feed and exercise 
