. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 391. of brown eggs. The White Langshan, too, adapted to our requirements, might easily have fitted into the place which the perversion of Brahma type was mak- ing vacant, and, for a period at least, might have been of considerable economic importance. Brahmas. Among the early Asiatic fowls in Amer- ica were some gray birds. We have seen that in the Cochins the modern fancier retained the black-red color pattern and developed three plain colors, â buff, black, and white. During the period when names we
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 391. of brown eggs. The White Langshan, too, adapted to our requirements, might easily have fitted into the place which the perversion of Brahma type was mak- ing vacant, and, for a period at least, might have been of considerable economic importance. Brahmas. Among the early Asiatic fowls in Amer- ica were some gray birds. We have seen that in the Cochins the modern fancier retained the black-red color pattern and developed three plain colors, â buff, black, and white. During the period when names were used with little discrimination the gray color types went by various Asiatic names, such as Gray Chittagong, Brahmaputra, Cochin China, etc. As known in Amer- ica and England for over half a century the Brahma has had two color patterns described as "light" and " dark," these descriptions giving the names " Light Brahma" and "Dark Brahma," by which the varieties are designated. The his- tory of the Light Brahma in this country is given with great cir- cumstantiality as beginning with the finding, by a fancier, of speci- mens of the breed on a sailing vessel in New York harbor. This is entirely credible but does not â â ,â^. , ^ , â ' . Fig. 387. White Langshan hen. (Pho- prove or even mdicate that the tograph from owner, Paul P. Ives) Fig. 386. White Langshan cock. {Photo- graph from owner, Paul P. Ives, Guilford, Connecticut). 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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