. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... n known. The Andalusian, Minorca, Leghorn, Spangled andPencilled Hamburghs, Polish, Sultan, and even thedefunct Black Spanish and the Aseel, all have theirplaces and standards already assigned to them. TheAncona and the Orpington are being brought asadditions, while the Nankin is almost extinct; theRumpless Bantam maintains its place, and the Frizzlesattract attention by their odd feathering, and are alwayson view at the larger shows. Many as are the known varieties, there is still roomfor an increase in the number of the
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... n known. The Andalusian, Minorca, Leghorn, Spangled andPencilled Hamburghs, Polish, Sultan, and even thedefunct Black Spanish and the Aseel, all have theirplaces and standards already assigned to them. TheAncona and the Orpington are being brought asadditions, while the Nankin is almost extinct; theRumpless Bantam maintains its place, and the Frizzlesattract attention by their odd feathering, and are alwayson view at the larger shows. Many as are the known varieties, there is still roomfor an increase in the number of these tiny competitorsfor place and honour. For utility little can be said formost of them, but for the display of ingenuity and forthe cultivation of a delightful hobby nothing could bebetter. There is as much money in & good Bantamas in the larger breeds, and quite as much popularity is not likely to diminish, and the roomthey occupy is no criterion of their value or measure oftheir worth in adding to the innocent pleasure of a toomaterialistic Hi CHAPTER XIX DUCKS—GEESE—TURKEYS Ducks : Rouen, Aylesbury, Pekiu, Indian Runner, Cayuga,Campbell, and Buff Orpington Ducks ; Ornamental : Embden, Toulouse, : American Bronze, Cambridge, White, Black. DUCKS It is more than probable that the several varieties ofdomesticated ducks have all descended from the Mallard,or Wild Duck. Darwin writes in Vol. I of Variationsof Plants and Animals under Domestication, Unless wedeny that domestication, prolonged during centuries,can effect such unimportant characteristics as colour,size, and, in a slight degree, proportional dimensionsand mental disposition, there is no reason whatever todoubt that the domestic duck is descended from thewild duck, for the one differs from the other in noimportant character. When once the distinct and savoury character of wildducks flesh had been discovered and appreciated, wemay be sure that man would not be long
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