The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . mens from Tom, Dick and Harry, that you are boundto breed the same the following season, you will quickly findout your mistake, for it is very probable that the majority ofthe produce would be little better than wasters, whereas hadyou purchased only a couple of good breeding birds both ofthe same strain I have no hesitation in saying that the pro-duce of these two birds would be of more value than allthose bred from the half dozen exhibition birds, whichwould no dou
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . mens from Tom, Dick and Harry, that you are boundto breed the same the following season, you will quickly findout your mistake, for it is very probable that the majority ofthe produce would be little better than wasters, whereas hadyou purchased only a couple of good breeding birds both ofthe same strain I have no hesitation in saying that the pro-duce of these two birds would be of more value than allthose bred from the half dozen exhibition birds, whichwould no doubt have cost you four times as much. There-fore start with some reliable strain and keep it pure. Aslong as your chickens are healthy you can go on with thesame strain; always breed from healthy stock birds only,and when your chickens come weakly and are difficult torear you will know that you have reached the limit of in-breeding, beyond which you should never try to go, but in-troduce another male bird with a certain amount of yourown strain in him, when you will be able to go on again assuccessfully as before. P. By Courtesy of Feathered World. MR. H. INMANS BLACK ROSE COMB BANTAMS- ROSE COMB BANTAMS—BLACK AND WHITE. They Mi^ht Be Called Hamburg Bantams, -which name would be appro-priate—What Others Say About Them. The Black Bantam is spoken of at so early a day thatsome contend that it was his imprudent crow that got Into trouble. Be this as it may, he and his companion,the White, began their career long before any one took noticeof them to keep a record of their beginning. Black and WhiteBantams with rose and single combs, with and without feath-ered legs, are mentioned as exisiting centuries ago. Moubraymentions in 1816, the fact that some Bantams were latelyobtained that were extremely small, having legs as smoothas Games. He also gives to India the credit of their origin.(The earliest illustrations of Black Bantams show the rosecomb and smooth legs.
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