. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 348 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 331. Cornish Indian Game hen. Forest City Cornish yards, Shawnee, 01<lahoma soon cease absolutely. Whatever may be said of the humanity and morality of cockfighting, there is no doubt that indirectly the results of breeding for the pit were beneficial to poultry culture, the requirements of the cockpit compelling an atten- tion to strength and vitality too often neglected when qualities not imme- diately dependent upon them are sought. As would be expected from the attention given to breeding fight- ing fowls,
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 348 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 331. Cornish Indian Game hen. Forest City Cornish yards, Shawnee, 01<lahoma soon cease absolutely. Whatever may be said of the humanity and morality of cockfighting, there is no doubt that indirectly the results of breeding for the pit were beneficial to poultry culture, the requirements of the cockpit compelling an atten- tion to strength and vitality too often neglected when qualities not imme- diately dependent upon them are sought. As would be expected from the attention given to breeding fight- ing fowls, some most pronounced utility types are plainly derived through modifications of this type. After the prohibition of cockfight- ing some breeders developed an exaggerated game type for exhibi- tion. The fighting types as devel- oped in different countries vary considerably. Only the two most im- portant, the Aseel and the English Game, need be considered here. These, with the Malay, the Cornish Indian Game, and the modern Ex- hibition Game constitute the game types of interest to the student of poultry culture. The Aseel (or Azeel), " the true fighting Game of India," is a small bird very strong in frame and so short of feather that the plumage does not conceal the lines of the form as in birds with longer plumage. It combines, more than any other fowl, great muscular development with strong bone. Aseels are of various colors and have pea Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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