. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 35. Houdan cock. (Photograph from theHoudan Yards, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) Polish fowl: to carryit the structure of thehead must be changes requiresystematic breeding fora long period. Dutchand German artists ofthe sixteenth centurypainted many farmyardscenes showing fowlsof both these types,frequently in flockswith common fowlsand with some thatappear to be a any one versed in the breeding of poultry this indicates that these peculiar typeshad been made by veryskillful breeders longbefore. The most rea-sonable supposition isthat these bree
. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 35. Houdan cock. (Photograph from theHoudan Yards, Sewickley, Pennsylvania) Polish fowl: to carryit the structure of thehead must be changes requiresystematic breeding fora long period. Dutchand German artists ofthe sixteenth centurypainted many farmyardscenes showing fowlsof both these types,frequently in flockswith common fowlsand with some thatappear to be a any one versed in the breeding of poultry this indicates that these peculiar typeshad been made by veryskillful breeders longbefore. The most rea-sonable supposition isthat these breeders weremonks in the monas-teries of Central the MiddleAges the monks ofEurope, more than anyother class of men,worked for improve-ment in agriculture aswell as for the advance-ment of learning. French races. The Houdan is the only French breed wellknown in America. It is of the Polish type, but heavier, and. Fig. 36. White Minorca hen. (Photo-graph from Tioga Poultry Farm, Apala-chin, New York) FOWLS 49 the plumage is mottled irregularly, not distinctly marked as inthe party-colored varieties of Polish. The breed takes its namefrom the town of Houdan, the center of a district in which thisis the common type of fowl. Spanish races. The fowls of Spanish origin well known out-side of Spain are the White-faced Black Spanish, the BlackMinorca, and the Blue Andalusian. The fowls of Spain atthe present time aremostly of the Italiantype, with black (orin some districtsblue) the predom-inant color. TheBlack Spanish seemsto have been knownin Holland and Eng-land for two hun-dred years or Spain the whiteface is but mod-erately monstrous ex-aggeration of thischaracter began inHolland and wascarried to the extreme by British fanciers who admired it. The Black Minorca is supposed to have been brought to Eng-land direct from Spain about a century ago. There it was bred tomuch great
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