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Title: The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma."
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Burnham, Geo. P. (George Pickering), 1814-1902
Subjects: Poultry breeds Cochin chicken Brahma chicken
Publisher: Melrose, Mass. : (s.n.) Boston : Press of Rand, Avery & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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s-men who go from the West to China possess neither the taste, the knowledge,or the inclination to concern themselves about looking up poultry in that far-away land. They do not go there for this purpose, and commonly thinkthey have a far more dignified object in their journeys thither. Secondly,the ship-masters and sailors who go there, know little or nothing of poultry(except to eat it when cooked), and care less about this subject, which home-fanciers are, to a greater or less degree, so interested in. Thus the latterclass never trouble themselves to secure any particular style, shape, color, orsized fowl, when they put on board their vessels a few chickens, to be usedmerely as food for the captains cabin table, usually, during a part or thewhole of their return voyage. It occasionally happens that all the chickens thus placed on ship-board inShanghae, or other China ports, are not devoured or killed en route home-ward. The remains of such shipments reach American or British ports,
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SHANGHAE, COCHIN, BRAHMA. 19 generally speaking, in a filthy, half-starved, vermin-infested, or roupy con-dition, — in consequence of their long confinement, and the neglect and hardweather they are subjected to while cooped up for months en voyage. Andthese are nine times in ten the fowls imported from China direct that weget both in America and England, or read of in the poultry and otherjournals of the day. It is not always thus, however, as I will show by andby. But this is the rule. The others are the exceptional cases. Let me give a brief illustration upon this point. A near relative of myown, the master of a fine vessel from a leading American port, has been incommand of a ship for the last twenty years, sailing between New York orNew Bedford, and Shanghae or Canton, and Whampoa. At least seven oreight times within that period, when he has sailed from home, I havearranged with him, personally, to bring me out from China a few good fowls;which I supposed it would be no very di

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