. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". rt, as I do. The pea-comb is the preferable one. The single-comb birds are and shouldbe discarded. But when, from any strain, only the pea-combs are produced,uniformly and unexceptionally, and I can be convinced of this fact, I want adozen fowls of that established, perfect, never-deviating breed of Brahmas orGray Shanghaes, upon my premises ; for which I will gladly pay their owner,for the transfer of said stock to my yards, ten times the sum that any pur-chaser in America will pay for them ; since, though I have had no difficulty inpreservi
. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". rt, as I do. The pea-comb is the preferable one. The single-comb birds are and shouldbe discarded. But when, from any strain, only the pea-combs are produced,uniformly and unexceptionally, and I can be convinced of this fact, I want adozen fowls of that established, perfect, never-deviating breed of Brahmas orGray Shanghaes, upon my premises ; for which I will gladly pay their owner,for the transfer of said stock to my yards, ten times the sum that any pur-chaser in America will pay for them ; since, though I have had no difficulty inpreserving the color of my stock, in its shades of light and dark (never oncehaving bred from my Gray Shanghaes a buff fowl, as some old Brahmabreeders say they have from their strains), I have not been so fortunate, inmy five-and-twenty years experience with this race, as to be able to avoidbreeding both the single and the pea-combs, in my flocks ; and this, too, fromthe very beginning down to the year 1874. While, at this time, I venture THE CHINA
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