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of their own food and show magnificent plumage without artificial 
treatment. The usual sorts are Black, Red, Brown, Spangle, 
Duckwing and Pile. The Indian Game (or Cornish) fowl is a large, 
big-boned animal, an excellent table bird but not much of an egg- 
Jayer. The chickens are not hardy nor are they suitable for the 
chicken trade. 
HAMBURGHS 
This is a fowl for show; and is much loved of the people. They 
are good layers of rather small eggs and they belong to the restless 
type that do not sit. The Hamburghs really include a class of 
fowls that once had different names—such as Dutch Everyday 
Layers, Creels and Chittiprats. The Spangled Hamburghs are 
products of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and have been known as 
Mooneys and Pheasant fowls. The Silver-Spangled Pencilled 
breeds and Blacks have been known to lay over 200 eggs per 
annum, but no one is advised to select any sort of Hamburgh to 
lay this number. The Black lays a larger egg than the others and 
is a good bird for a confined area. The flesh of the Hamburgh is 
excellent, although it is rather a small bird. 
LANGSHAN 
A black fowl of Chinese origin it was at one time believed to be 
a variety of the Cochin. There are now two distinct types—the 
Langshan and the Croad Langshan, the latter so called after 
the breeder who developed it. The Chinese regard the Langshan 
as a “sacred fowl,” but if they do not eat it they are poor judges 
of a succulent bird. The Langshan is a handsome fowl, lays large 
brown eggs, and plenty of them, besides furnishing a splendid repast 
for the table. The Langshan has caused no end of controversy 
as to whether it is a “‘ pure breed,” which seems rather futile, seeing 
that many so-called pure breeds are the result of known crosses. 
In addition to the Black variety there is a White and a Blue Lang- 
shan. The cockerel weighs anything up to 10 lb. 
