. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . eight. I am notgoing to tell you what breed of hen I mated with him, butI managed to get eighteen chickens from the pair. The firstseason I had not a single gray one amongst them, but therewere two pullets excellent in shape, good foot feathers andexcellent Brahma heads and combs. In color they weresomething like very bad colored Light Brahmas with a fairamount of brown in them. I mated these two with the sixand one-half pound cock, and the next season every chickh
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . eight. I am notgoing to tell you what breed of hen I mated with him, butI managed to get eighteen chickens from the pair. The firstseason I had not a single gray one amongst them, but therewere two pullets excellent in shape, good foot feathers andexcellent Brahma heads and combs. In color they weresomething like very bad colored Light Brahmas with a fairamount of brown in them. I mated these two with the sixand one-half pound cock, and the next season every chickhatched was a good gray color, but only three showed muchsign of penciling. However, with careful selection, alwayschoosing the pullets with the finest bone, I managed to getone fit for exhibition in 1889. I was very proud of her. Sheweighed thirty-two ounces when in full feather. I won afirst prize with her in a mixed class the first time I exhibitedher. I then had several successful seasons with this variety,and in 1893 I bred what I believe to be (and it was also theopinion of many of our best judges) the most perfect Dark. LIGHT AND DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. By Courtesy of Feathered Viortd. Amongand the ENGLISH DARK BRAHMA BANTAMS. I did not commence to manufacture my strain of DarkBrahmas until 18S4. The cockerel that I commenced withwas one of a well known large strain. He was hatched lateIn the season and reared on foods heavy in flesh formers,but deficient in bone forming material. He was quite a greatsuccess and weighed six and one-half pounds when fully Brahma Bantam ever exhibited, Pownall Pride. An ex-cellent portrait of this bird appears in Entwisles Ban-tams, drawn by our popular poultry artist, Mr. Ludlow. Istill have this little bird and she is in the best possiblehealth and weighs under twenty ounces. Although a fat oldhen she won 1st Crystal Palace and cup Fairfield in 1893, anda large number of prizes the following two seasons at ourleading shows. The great difficu
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