. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 61. Black Co-chin Bantam pullet1 Fig. 62. Black CochinBantam cockerel1 unsymmetrical and weakly, and are called runts and put out ofthe way as soon as possible. But occasionally an undersizedindividual is finely formed, active, and hardy. By mating sucha specimen with the smallest specimen of the other sex thatcan be found (even though the latter ismuch larger), and byrepeated selection ofthe smallest speci-mens, a dwarf racemay be obtained. Itcould be made, thoughnot so rapidly, by sys-tematic selection ofthe smallest ordinaryspecimens and by keeping the growing c
. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 61. Black Co-chin Bantam pullet1 Fig. 62. Black CochinBantam cockerel1 unsymmetrical and weakly, and are called runts and put out ofthe way as soon as possible. But occasionally an undersizedindividual is finely formed, active, and hardy. By mating sucha specimen with the smallest specimen of the other sex thatcan be found (even though the latter ismuch larger), and byrepeated selection ofthe smallest speci-mens, a dwarf racemay be obtained. Itcould be made, thoughnot so rapidly, by sys-tematic selection ofthe smallest ordinaryspecimens and by keeping the growing chicks so short of foodthat they would be stunted. The latter process, however, is sotedious that no one is likely to adopt it. Usually the idea ofmaking a new variety of bantams does not occur to a breeder until he sees a gooddwarf specimen ofa race of whichthere is no dwarfvariety. Then, ifhe undertakes tomake such a vari-ety, he is likely to ,1 Fig. 64. Rose-Comb use in the process „, , * , _ 1 Black Bantam hen-.
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