. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR1 - CRA FT. 79 94. Malay Games.—Nearly as large as Indian Games; distinctive char- acteristics:— comb, a knob resembling a strawberry, dark red or purple in color; and fierce expression due to breadth of skull over the eyes; color black red, very dark ; a fanciers' fowl; rare. 95. Miscellaneous Breeds.—In this class the American Standard of Perfection places breeds prized mostl}- as novelties. Russians. — Black ; bsarded, but not crested ; medium size; rose comb without a spike. SuMATRAs.—Black; heav}-, drooping tails ; dark
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR1 - CRA FT. 79 94. Malay Games.—Nearly as large as Indian Games; distinctive char- acteristics:— comb, a knob resembling a strawberry, dark red or purple in color; and fierce expression due to breadth of skull over the eyes; color black red, very dark ; a fanciers' fowl; rare. 95. Miscellaneous Breeds.—In this class the American Standard of Perfection places breeds prized mostl}- as novelties. Russians. — Black ; bsarded, but not crested ; medium size; rose comb without a spike. SuMATRAs.—Black; heav}-, drooping tails ; dark red pea combs. Silkies.—Characteristic feature : web- "Fig. 77. White Indian Game Cock. i • i-i (By courtesy of E. M. & w. Ferguson)'. less, hair-like feathers. Sri-TAXS. — Resemble Bearded Vv^hite Polish, but are smaller, and have feathered legs. Frizzles.—Have feathers curled backwards at the ends. RuMPLESs. —Tailless fowls. 96. Foreign Breeds. — New Breeds. — In nearly every foreign country there are distinct breeds, popular there, which have no particular interest for the American poultry keeper because not suited to any general demand in this country. New breeds and varieties are continually coming up here, most of them being boomed by the manufacturers for a little while, and then going to a deserved oblivion. Beginners and plain poultrymen should avoid new and rare breeds. Not one in ten will "go" with the buying public, and nearly always those who take them up lose money on them. 97. Complete Descriptions of nearly all varieties of fowls are given in the American Standard of Perfection, a book which ought to be in the hands of everyone who keeps pure bred fowls. Its descriptions are in skeleton form, but thoroughly cover the ground. Other books of great value to breeders are mentioned in the bibliography of poultry literature at the end of this volume. Complete descriptions cannot be given in a book like this, because in the f
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