The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . antams or Pekins were, as stated by thebest English authority, first bred to some extent by , of Dorking, who bred In and in from the originalimportation for almost twenty years, until size and constitu-tion were gone. Others secured some of the same stockfrom him and introduced new blood byImportation and a cross, as above stat-ed, with the White Booted, building uptheir constitution. Some also intro-duced Nankin Bantam blood. Thiscross did not harm the col
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . antams or Pekins were, as stated by thebest English authority, first bred to some extent by , of Dorking, who bred In and in from the originalimportation for almost twenty years, until size and constitu-tion were gone. Others secured some of the same stockfrom him and introduced new blood byImportation and a cross, as above stat-ed, with the White Booted, building uptheir constitution. Some also intro-duced Nankin Bantam blood. Thiscross did not harm the color of featherto any gre(at extent, but it darkenedtheir legs and made them longer, alsoreduced the leg and toe feathering andspoiled their shape and form of and tail. Evidently the first that came to this coun-try were tainted with the Nankin blood, for a large per centof them had bad colored legs and scant leg and toe feather-ing. Those produced here of good form are descendants ofa cross with the standard Cochins and reduced hy crossingwith smaller specimens. Mr. Entwisle, of England, who pnrchased some stock. fig. 3. REAR VIEW^ OF COCHIN HEN. THE BANTAM FOWL. 25 Irom our country, writes of them as follows: One greatpoint we value most highly, and we think our Englishbreeders will not be long in recognizing, is the sound, even?color insisted upon by the Americana. They say: A Buftmust be a buff, perfectly free from any dark shade in fluff?or fleece of feather, buff under the wing when expanded,buff in all the tail and foot feathers. A bronze tail is con-sidered a blemish, and the Americans do not allow suchfaults to be,hidden or disguised by pulling out the faultyfeathers. These words are quite complimentary to ourability to breed good color and should be strictly adheredto. If all judges will continue to refuse to place awards oncoops containing specimens that plainly show evidence ofbeing plucked, whether Bantams or any other kind of-fowls, in a very short time
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