. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 52 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING relatively larger than the Cochin's comb, well up in front, and arch-shaped. The wattles are longer and more pendulous. The quality of the flesh of the Langshan is all that could be desired in a sense; it is fine-grained, tender and nicely flavored; but it is white, a feature that is not so acceptable to American housewives. The skin of the Cochin is yellow. Another objec-. Fig. 29.—White Langshans. tionable feature is the bluish-black shank in the Langshan. In the Cochin it is yellow. The plumage of the Black Langshan is a
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 52 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING relatively larger than the Cochin's comb, well up in front, and arch-shaped. The wattles are longer and more pendulous. The quality of the flesh of the Langshan is all that could be desired in a sense; it is fine-grained, tender and nicely flavored; but it is white, a feature that is not so acceptable to American housewives. The skin of the Cochin is yellow. Another objec-. Fig. 29.—White Langshans. tionable feature is the bluish-black shank in the Langshan. In the Cochin it is yellow. The plumage of the Black Langshan is a glossy, metallic black throughout; in the White it is pure white throughout. The stan- dard weight of cocks for both varieties is 9^ pounds, for cockerels 8 pounds, for hens 7>£ pounds, and for pullets 6>£ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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