. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED FANCY POULTRY. 167 LANGSHANS. The Langshans are a large fowl, nearly as large as the Brahmas, and yet the pullets lay exceedingly early ; in fact, some claim they lay as early as the Leghorns ; nor is this all, for they lay as steadily, after they begin, as other fowls. Major Croad, the orig- inal breeder, states : ''A pullet I once bred, I can say with certainty, commenced laying a fortnight before Christmas and laid 147 eggs without interruption.
. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED FANCY POULTRY. 167 LANGSHANS. The Langshans are a large fowl, nearly as large as the Brahmas, and yet the pullets lay exceedingly early ; in fact, some claim they lay as early as the Leghorns ; nor is this all, for they lay as steadily, after they begin, as other fowls. Major Croad, the orig- inal breeder, states : ''A pullet I once bred, I can say with certainty, commenced laying a fortnight before Christmas and laid 147 eggs without ; For table use they are fine. The flesh is close-grained and tender, dresses white, and the body is full, compact, and nice looking. For crossing pur- poses they impress themselves ver}^ strongly, and make a good cross with any breed. They are beautiful in every respect and as useful as they are pretty. Their plumage, car- riage, and form are simply magnificent. The lustre of the black plumage is heightened by a greenish cast which adds a polish and bril- liancy unsurpassed. They have bright red, single combs. The beak and legs are dark with flesh-colored variations along the line of the mouth and lower part of toes and sole of foot; eye dark ; ear-lobes and wattles bright red ; tail very full and flowing, car- ried rather high and forward, and furnished with good-sized sickles. The Langshans are xery prolific, mature early and are good lay- ers ; although not given to being broody, they are good sitters and excellent mothers. We offer birds of the purest stock at the fol- lowing prices : Single cock or cockerel, $ ; pair, cock and hen, § ; trio, cock and two hens, § Eggs for hatching, from our finest stock, § per 6 ; § 13 or § for 30 ' â SSf?^ ^ â¢>-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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