The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . BLACK JAPANESE BAJ^TAM COCK, Winner at Boston and New York. An extra-ordinarily good specimen. consideration forour favorites, theBantams, we do sofeeling that a trialwill convince you ofthe joys and pleas-ures of a Bantamfancier. A lady oncesaid to us, Haveyou seen our baby?to which Tve repliedwe had not. Thenyoulhave missisd halfyour life came thequick answer. Andwe believe she real-ly thought so. Weask the reader, haveyou ever tried Ban-tams; If not youhave missed
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . BLACK JAPANESE BAJ^TAM COCK, Winner at Boston and New York. An extra-ordinarily good specimen. consideration forour favorites, theBantams, we do sofeeling that a trialwill convince you ofthe joys and pleas-ures of a Bantamfancier. A lady oncesaid to us, Haveyou seen our baby?to which Tve repliedwe had not. Thenyoulhave missisd halfyour life came thequick answer. Andwe believe she real-ly thought so. Weask the reader, haveyou ever tried Ban-tams; If not youhave missed—well. JAPANESE BANTAMS BY E. J. LATHAM, SECRETARY NATIONAL BANTAM ASSOCIATION. At his home, timeis not considered bythe Japanese whenproducing or im-proving a plant orflower. Consider thepatience and timeconsumed to pro-duce the many vari-eties of form andcolor in chrysanthe-mums. We can to-day surpass them infine colors andforms, but this isonly our ability tomake use of the pro-ductions of others,aided, as we are, bywell equipped hothouses and condi-tions most favora-ble. In trees theyhave dwarfed themost stately and. A BIRCHEN GRAY JAPANESE COCKEREL. 2d at Boston, 1901. Owned by Henry Hales. THE BANTAM POWL. beautiful into miniatura form, some-with long flowing leaves, others withwaxen texture and bright glowing col-ors. These are engrafted into one an-other until the product is a beautifullittle toy tree with many kinds and col-ors of leaves. Even in the productionof fruit trees they succeed in gettingwonderful results, A friend, who spent years of his lifein their country, tells me that they takeyoung fowls and animals and confinethemin boxes made to suit their purpose,and of different forms to meet the formof their specimen. These are confinedin the ill-shaped boxes until they ma-ture anti their bodies grow to the shapeof the inside of the box. No considera-tion of time and trouble affects themjust so they can accomplish the objectin view and surpass a neighbor in thew
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