Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY

PASSING Of POPULAR FOWL

Tremendous Demand for Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Others Crowding Langshans Out.

The Langshan, or, as Its admirers like to call It, “the Lordly Langshan,” apparently has been losing ground in popularity, like the other Asiatic fowls. It may be that as many Langshans are bred and sold as ever, but it Is very certain that not so many are exhibited as formerly. The tremendous demand for Plymouth Rocks, Wyahdottes and Rhode Island Reds may make the demand for Langshans appear, relatively, small, while suffering no actual diminution, says a Writer in the Country Gentleman. Still, as the poultry show is a tolerably safe trade barometer, I am inclined to believe that the demand to some extent has really diminished. When the Langshan was first intro, dueed, it appeared to many fanciers of Asiatic fowls as an under-bred or poorly-bred Black Cochin. It lacked the compactness, full cushion; ..soft feathering, small tail and heavy footfeather that the Cochin fancier so highly prizes. It was predicted that It would not succeed as a breed, but the prediction, like many another, proved worthless. It did succeed. It put the Black Cochin badly in the shade. It became very popular. Its number became legions. „ If we seek a reason for its success, our search need not be long. It was

an. excellent layer of large eggs. It made a good table fowl, though its white skin and black plumage handicapped it somewhat.

Black Langshan Cock and Hens.