. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. THE BANTAM FOWL. 25 leg and toe feathering. They are somewhat smaller than the Polish fowls. The Sultan Bantams are a Sultan Booted Ban- tam, crossed and reduced by selection; or, in other words, a White Booted Bantam with a crest like a Polish and five toes like the Sultan. Our standard recognizes only White Booted Bantams. The Sultan Bantam is not recognized by us. The White Booted Bantam could be made a most attractive variety if care- fully bred
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. THE BANTAM FOWL. 25 leg and toe feathering. They are somewhat smaller than the Polish fowls. The Sultan Bantams are a Sultan Booted Ban- tam, crossed and reduced by selection; or, in other words, a White Booted Bantam with a crest like a Polish and five toes like the Sultan. Our standard recognizes only White Booted Bantams. The Sultan Bantam is not recognized by us. The White Booted Bantam could be made a most attractive variety if care- fully bred. We should add the Black variety to our list. In breeding these birds, mate together the most perfect specimens you can find, and reduce their size by selecting the smallest each year for breeders. Always use white birds that have white beaks and legs. Never tolerate in your breeding yards any other color than white beaks and white legs for White Booted Bantams, and you will soon establish this as a fixture in your birds. Decide whether you prefer the old style or original Booted Bantam or the new style fashioned after the Japanese form. When this question is decided, use only birds of the desired type. BRAHMA BANTAMS. _ » These Bantams should be the counterpart -" 1 of the standard Brahma fowls. The facts as to their production differ somewhat as they come to us from different sources. Some claim a cross with Brahma fowls aud Japanese Ban tams; others, an intermixture of Aseel and Cochin Bantams, while still others claim a direct Brahma cross with Cochin Bantams. If we desired to produce them, we should prefer to depend on the Brahma-Cochin Bantam cross. The Brahma Bantams, as we now ha^e them, need to be improved in size and mark ings. Many of them have almost perfect Brahma shape. The Lights lack in the pencil ing of Tiackle, and the black in wings and tail The Darks are good in color. The females lack in penciling. The Light Brahma Ban tams of the present have fairly
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