Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . al class has one breed—namely, the Campine. The Campine is an old breed and, like many others, theirearly history is wrapped in obscurity. It appears that in Bel-gium and other European countries they have been bred formany decades. Their change in feather pattern has been anevolutionary one, as the plumage on the birds of the presentday is far different from what it was fifty years ago. The Campines are of the smaller breeds. They are goodlayers. The eggs are large in size and white in color. The Campines.—^Of this breed there are two varieties—namely.
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . al class has one breed—namely, the Campine. The Campine is an old breed and, like many others, theirearly history is wrapped in obscurity. It appears that in Bel-gium and other European countries they have been bred formany decades. Their change in feather pattern has been anevolutionary one, as the plumage on the birds of the presentday is far different from what it was fifty years ago. The Campines are of the smaller breeds. They are goodlayers. The eggs are large in size and white in color. The Campines.—^Of this breed there are two varieties—namely. Silver and Golden. The Campines, and especially the proud Silver Campine, THE BREEDS OF POULTRY 69 have grown in great favor during the past few years in is barely possible that the Silver Campine has someSilver Spangled Hamburg blood in it. Their origin, likemany others, has never been fully explained. The standard weights for the Campines are for the cock,6 pounds; cockerel, 5 pounds; hen, 4 pounds; pullet, Fia. 26.—A pair of Silver Campines; a representative of the Continentalclass. They are great egg producers and are very beautiful. GAMES AND BANTAMS CLASS Games.—^The American Standard of Perfection recognizesmany games, as follows: Black, White, Birchen, Red Pile,Golden and Silver Duckwing, Brown Red, and Black BreastedRed. The games are, so far as we know, as old as time. Thesebirds by their pluck and fearlessness to fight were bred to con- 70 POULTRY CULTUEE siderable extent by the Greeks and Romans, who enjoyedseeing animals and beasts tear themselves to piee(>s and writhein their agonies. In ancient times cock fighting was as much in vogue amongthe Greeks and Romans as it is at the present time in Mexico,Cuba, India, and China. The present game fowl differs considerable from the typeof ancient fighting birds. The exhibition game of to-daycarries a rather erect posture, with characteristic shape andcarriage. The game stands high on i
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