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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fig. 384. IJlack Langshan cock, owned by 



Urban Farms, Pine Ridge, Buffalo, New York 



(Photograph by Schilling) 



Birds from i to 2 pounds over 

 these weights are not unusual. 

 In general the Langshan of 

 exhibition type in this country 

 preserves more of the character 

 of the Asiatic type at its best 

 than either the Cochin or the 

 Brahma. Had it not been for 

 the erroneous conception of 

 breed character that demanded 

 the preservation of the color 

 of skin and feet against which 

 people in the United States are 

 prejudiced, the Black Langshan 

 might have become very popu- 

 lar here. It is a hardy fowl and 

 an excellent layer of the darkest 



the Langshans as they 

 first came from the Lang- 

 shan district. In that dis- 

 trict the Black Langshan, 

 though modified in many 

 characters, is plainly a 

 local black variety of the 

 common Asiatic type. 



White Langshans are 

 said to have come as sports 

 from the black variety in 

 England. A blue variety 

 of Langshans was made 

 in America by crossing 

 Blacks and Whites, but it 

 has attracted little atten- 

 tion. American Standard 

 weights for Langshans are 

 cock, 10 pounds; cock- 

 erel, 8 pounds ; hen, 7 

 pounds ; pullet, 6 pounds. 



Fig. 385 . Black Langshan hen, owned by 

 Urban Farms. (Photograph by Schilling) 



