. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . n a farm, ard Inever begrudged the time spent or figured that it was abother. So 1 say, if you would be a fancier, choose your line, but if you findyour heart is notwith you in yourwork, give it up. In asking yourcocsideraion forour favorites, theBantams, we do sofeeling that a trialwill convince you cfthe joys and pleas-ures of a Bantamfancier. A lady oncesaid to us, Haveyou seen our babyto which we repliedwe had not. Thenyouhave missied halfyour life came thequic
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . n a farm, ard Inever begrudged the time spent or figured that it was abother. So 1 say, if you would be a fancier, choose your line, but if you findyour heart is notwith you in yourwork, give it up. In asking yourcocsideraion forour favorites, theBantams, we do sofeeling that a trialwill convince you cfthe joys and pleas-ures of a Bantamfancier. A lady oncesaid to us, Haveyou seen our babyto which we repliedwe had not. Thenyouhave missied halfyour life came thequick answer. Andwe believe she real-ly thought so. Weask the reader, haveyou ever tried Ban-tams; if not youhave missed—well. we have sent the birds away with a feeling of regret, as wefelt we were parting with old and true friends. We have one hundred fruit trees, and berry bushes galoreon our ten acres where we raise our Bantams, but I do notexpect ever to make much of a success with the fruit, asmy heart is not in the work. Still the trees furnish fineshade for the Bantams and that is the chief object of their J. c. BL.\CK BANTAM COCK, Winner at Boston and New York. An e.^tra-ordinarily good specimen. JAPANESE BANTAMS BY E. J. LATHAM, SECRETARY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. At his home, timeis not considered bythe Japanese whenproducing or im-proving a plant orfiower. Consider thepatience and timeconsumed to pro-duce the many vari-eties of form andcolor in chrysanthe-mums. We can to-day surpass them infine colors andforms, but this isonly our ability tomake use of the pro-ductions of others,aided, as we are, byvTOll equipped hothouses and condi-tions most favora-ble. In trees theyhave dwarfed themost stately and
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