. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. !IU THK AMKIJICAN ?^TOCK HOOK. ni. Changes Due to Breeding. The great wild species of Southern Asia, and tlie wiUl Mahiy and Chit- tagong, were i3rol>al>ly intlueiitial in modifying the hirge Asiatic brecdsof to-day ; and our hantanis undoulitedly spring from tlie Baniviva jungle fowl, although carefid antl systematic l)reeding and selection have given ns bantams of all the princii)al breeds of barn-yard fowls, including the games. Again, as siiowing a marked departure from the wild fo
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. !IU THK AMKIJICAN ?^TOCK HOOK. ni. Changes Due to Breeding. The great wild species of Southern Asia, and tlie wiUl Mahiy and Chit- tagong, were i3rol>al>ly intlueiitial in modifying the hirge Asiatic brecdsof to-day ; and our hantanis undoulitedly spring from tlie Baniviva jungle fowl, although carefid antl systematic l)reeding and selection have given ns bantams of all the princii)al breeds of barn-yard fowls, including the games. Again, as siiowing a marked departure from the wild form, we. CREVE COil'K COCK AND HEN. give cuts of two iieads. one the iiredu, or Gueldre, retaining the wattles, but not till! marked comb, and a variety of Brahma, with no wattles, and with only the rudiments of a comb. IV. Division of Fowls. Our barn-3'ard fowls may therefore be divided into the common or mixed breeds, Asiatic fowls, Eurojjean and American varieties, and Ban- tams. Each of these will be treated in their propi'r 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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