POULTRY. 
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COCHIN CHINA, OB SHANGHAI FOWL. 
Spanish iowls. — The chief drawbacks in rearing Spanish are the del- 
icacy of the chickens while young, and the length of time which elapses 
before the youngsters show their quality, unless they are bred from 
much better fowls than most persons can command; in which case the 
chickens develop their prize properties earlier. The combs of the hens 
shrink very much when they are not laying, and during the moulting 
season. In winter they should be protected from severe cold, which is 
very apt to seize the comb and wattles of the cocks. 
The hens lay larger eggs than any other kind of fowl we have : they 
are non-sitters. The chickens hatch out black, with a little mixture of 
dull white, or yellow. They fledge slowly, and are very delicate while 
young. 
The Minorca. 1 his is a plump-bodied, useful fowl, which would be 
a Spanish, if it could persuade its parents to bequeath it the white face 
which breeders and judges think so much of. The plumage is black, 
with metallic luster, and the hens lay fine large eggs. I believe they sit 
more than the Spanish. 
Ihe White Spanish . — The white-faced white Spanish I believe to be 
merely a sport of the white-faced black Spanish. The red-faced white 
Spanish, or white Andalusian, is really a Spanish fowl. They are good 
layers, and very precocious. The stock was brought from Spain. 
Andalusian howls . — The birds which have been shown under this 
name are in color the kind of gray called blue, which is sometimes laced 
and shaded with black. Mr. Taylor, late of Shepherd’s Bush, imported 
he original stock from Spain. They are good-looking fowls with large 
pendent scarlet combs like the Spanish, and are said to be good layers. 
