The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . Hi Q < Q O H =CD i z X u ; o o u. Ll m. TH E ASIATICS A Short History of the Introduction of Cochins, Brahmas, and Langshans—Their Origin is Veiled in Mystery, But From Data Gathered by Numerous Early Fanciers the Period of Their First Appearance is Fixed. By A. F. IIuntek, Associate Editor Reliable Poultry Journal R. DARWIN tells us that sufficient materials donot exist for tracing the history of the separatebreeds of fowls, and it is equally true that suffi-cient material does not exist for tracing the growth(or
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . Hi Q < Q O H =CD i z X u ; o o u. Ll m. TH E ASIATICS A Short History of the Introduction of Cochins, Brahmas, and Langshans—Their Origin is Veiled in Mystery, But From Data Gathered by Numerous Early Fanciers the Period of Their First Appearance is Fixed. By A. F. IIuntek, Associate Editor Reliable Poultry Journal R. DARWIN tells us that sufficient materials donot exist for tracing the history of the separatebreeds of fowls, and it is equally true that suffi-cient material does not exist for tracing the growth(or evolution) of the domestic fowls of to-day as a whole,but from what materials we have and by what we can sur-mise we can piece together a probable history. The domesticated fowl, according to Mr. Darwin, is saidto have been introduced from the west into China about1400 B. C, and we see in the descendants of those fowlsa development in a decidedly different direction from thattaken by the domesticated fowls in Europe and NorthAfrica. Instead of the small, non-sitting, intensely nervousand active •Mediterranean,
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