The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . nds, be far more appreciated by, and bringa better price in the thoroughbred market. In our presentstandard the language is too meager and the dividing of thesubject of color and shape not appreciated by the novice orbeginner. We have outgrown the belief that standards arefor the sole use of the judges in our exhibitions; they areand should be the text book for the beginner in poultry cul-ture It is for such we are endeavoring to write this essay. We are therefore opposed to that heresy which demandsthat standards sha
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . nds, be far more appreciated by, and bringa better price in the thoroughbred market. In our presentstandard the language is too meager and the dividing of thesubject of color and shape not appreciated by the novice orbeginner. We have outgrown the belief that standards arefor the sole use of the judges in our exhibitions; they areand should be the text book for the beginner in poultry cul-ture It is for such we are endeavoring to write this essay. We are therefore opposed to that heresy which demandsthat standards shall be formed and illustrations made other-wise than true likenesses of natures best. We hear the ex-pressions used often, We want the standard better than wehave seen, for the breeder to breed up to; what Almighty as a rule gives us in the best efforts of naturethe best merit and productive power; what folly to distortthis handiwork of the Creator. When we describe each section according to the bestnature has produced, doing this in all sections, we have per-. A Pair of Black Langshans, Illustrating the Shape of Different Sections Advocated by I. K. Felch. fection as a whole. It is true nature produces individualsections perfect, but perfection as a whole is impossible,for it is written, None are perfect, not one. The chance to produce a specimen to score one hundredpoints is just one in a million, eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand, eight hundred. Then why augment thisdifficulty by making standards foreign to nature in thebreeds. Now to our task of presenting a pen picture that maywell be adopted as a standard for Black Langshans: THE LANGSHAN MALE. Their weight and condition: To our mind a cock shouldnot weigh less than ten pounds, cockerel eight -and one-halfpounds, hen eight pounds, and pullets six and less weight is to give undue advantage to small under-size specimens, when judging by scale of points. The cut-ting of two points to the pound
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