. The gardens, poultry, and bees; embracing. Gardening; Poultry; Bees. WUITE lJAi\TAM COCK A>D HEN. boitio' small in proportion. But how many linndreds of amateurs there are whose opportunities a;ive them no room for full-sized fowls, but who, delighting in living things, can indulge their fancy and beguile many hours which would otherwise prove weary ones, by keeping a few Bantams. Their small eggs are delicacies which would tempt almost any invalid. The gold and silver-laced, or Seabright Bantam, is perhaps the most popular kind of all. The size should be quite dimin- utive, and the carri
. The gardens, poultry, and bees; embracing. Gardening; Poultry; Bees. WUITE lJAi\TAM COCK A>D HEN. boitio' small in proportion. But how many linndreds of amateurs there are whose opportunities a;ive them no room for full-sized fowls, but who, delighting in living things, can indulge their fancy and beguile many hours which would otherwise prove weary ones, by keeping a few Bantams. Their small eggs are delicacies which would tempt almost any invalid. The gold and silver-laced, or Seabright Bantam, is perhaps the most popular kind of all. The size should be quite dimin- utive, and the carriage saucy. The booted Bantam, of whick the most beautiful we have seen have been pure white, are com- pletely feathered on the legs— not feathered down one side only, like the Cochin China. Game Bantams aru exact miniature representatives of game fowls, black-breasted reds, duck-wings, and other colors. An exact duck- wing game Bantam is the most beautiful little creature one can imagine. THE DOMESTIC TURKEY.—The S^y domestic turkey can scarcely be ' I said to be divided, like the com- ! mon fowl, into, distinct breed's, al- ii though there- is, indeed, consider- able variation in color, and also in size. The finest and strongest tur- keys are said to be those of a bronzed black, resembling as closely as possible the original stock; they. BLAOS: BANTAM COCK AND HE2f,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Storke, Elliot G. , 1811-1879. Auburn, N. Y. , The Auburn Publishing Company [c1859]
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