. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". I branches of Ponltry- HHHHHHHHHHHmL- Qg to the poultry iaterosts of Breed* URNAL. i\i Minneapolis, Mthe organ of Fane ? a ,. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTUREONAL /WIGHJLTURAL LfflRARV AUG 1 11986 TALOGiNG = PREP. <#orlg Choice Illustrations, MELROSE, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by GEO. P. BUKXHAM,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Press of Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston. 865610 PREFACE. This volume is written with two specific purposes in view: first, to give a brief and suc-cinct ac


. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". I branches of Ponltry- HHHHHHHHHHHmL- Qg to the poultry iaterosts of Breed* URNAL. i\i Minneapolis, Mthe organ of Fane ? a ,. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTUREONAL /WIGHJLTURAL LfflRARV AUG 1 11986 TALOGiNG = PREP. <#orlg Choice Illustrations, MELROSE, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by GEO. P. BUKXHAM,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Press of Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston. 865610 PREFACE. This volume is written with two specific purposes in view: first, to give a brief and suc-cinct account, as far as the record permits, of the introduction into America of the Chinesevarieties of domestic fowls, subsequently to the appearance of this notable race of poultry inEngland (in 1843-44) ; and secondly, to correct the numerous errors and false theories thathave obtained, both in this country and in Great Britain, touching the origin and establish-ment of the most noted of modern gallinaceous breeds, first known on both sides of the At-lantic, as the reliable records show, to wit, the Gray Shanghaes ; or, as they are latterlydenominated by common consent, the Li


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