The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . T. F. MCGREWS PARTRIDGE COCHIN BANTAM HBN. we can candidly say there is no necessity for going thereexcept for new blood to prevent inbreeding. In fact, afterthe new Standard is out we will not be able to import, be-cause they breed them with both yellow and white legs andbeaks. The best White Cochin Bantam we ever importedwas Nameless. She was undoubtedly the best WhiteCochin Bantam ever seen in America. She was even smallerthan any pullet. When she was four years o
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . T. F. MCGREWS PARTRIDGE COCHIN BANTAM HBN. we can candidly say there is no necessity for going thereexcept for new blood to prevent inbreeding. In fact, afterthe new Standard is out we will not be able to import, be-cause they breed them with both yellow and white legs andbeaks. The best White Cochin Bantam we ever importedwas Nameless. She was undoubtedly the best WhiteCochin Bantam ever seen in America. She was even smallerthan any pullet. When she was four years old she was soldfor the longest price ever paid for a Cochin Bantam in thiscountry. Messrs. Butterfleld, Ball, Zimmer and Rockenstyreconsidered her perfection. The yellow legged strain wasproduced by a cross of the English and American WhiteCochin Bantam, breeding for a type with yel-low legs and beaks, and by a very strong useof the ax on culls. Feed bread, cracker crumbs, oat meal, gritand wheat, with this breed. Beware of yellowcorn as you would a pestilence. Where onehas plenty of shade one can produce thatsheeny white
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