. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . y floors. For adult Bantams we also advocate houses with boardfloo!~s. and we prefer these houses to be set at least Uninches from the ground, and so constructed that no verminof any kind can make their home beneath the house. Theillustration of our favorite style of coop for adult Bantams(See Fig. 1) will indicate our notion as to same. We alsocopy one from SpraUs illustrations, having added some ofour own ideas to it. From our illustrations many forms cfBantam ho
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . y floors. For adult Bantams we also advocate houses with boardfloo!~s. and we prefer these houses to be set at least Uninches from the ground, and so constructed that no verminof any kind can make their home beneath the house. Theillustration of our favorite style of coop for adult Bantams(See Fig. 1) will indicate our notion as to same. We alsocopy one from SpraUs illustrations, having added some ofour own ideas to it. From our illustrations many forms cfBantam houses can be constructed; no matter how rude orhow cheap in form, just so they are dry and furnish protec-tion from thr very cold weather. Do not think for amoi^ient that we would intimate that Bantams should hikeptfin warm or heated quarters during cold weather. They■are quite iiardy and withstand cold weather wonderfully well, but theyshould have com-fortable nouses to•-thcive ■ -and dotheir best. For perchesnothing is betterthan oval stripsof wood, two andone-half to threeinches wide- onthe flat say smaller. FIG. 1—IOULTRV HOUSE WITH rNDERNE\TH. perches are best. Try both and see which yourfowls will prefer. Nest boxes and other furnishings cou canselect, as best suit your fancy. We use small pine boxesand find them very handy for removing with a broody hento some quiet corner where she can bring out her brood incomfort. Many of the finest exhibition Bantams of England arebred in very contracted quarters. We have seen a pen of fiveBantams housed and yarded in a space less than seven feetsquare for a period of four months, and they produced a finelot of healthy chicks, many of which found their way to theshow pens and won their share of prizes. Quite a numberof the New York prize winners are bred in very small citylot. where all green food and grit of all kinds must be fur-nished them. The secret of success in these cases is the carebestowed upon the fow
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