CHAPTER VII 



BREEDS DESCRIBED 



A" L standard-bred poultry is divided into 

 " classes," of which the most common in 

 America (because the most practical) are 

 known as the American, Asiatic and Mediter- 

 ranean classes. Four other common classes are 

 Classification tne English, Games, French, and 

 of the Varieties Bantams. All breeds that do not 

 of Fowl come under one of the classes named 



are prized mostly as novelties and are more or less 

 impractical and undesirable for American purposes. 

 In the following descriptions a few terms may 

 call for explanation. For instance, the words 

 " sitters " and " non-sitters." Many of the egg 

 breeds have been bred for eggs so exclusively and 

 continuously that they now very rarely exhibit a 

 desire to incubate, and these are called the non- 

 sitting varieties. Where we have applied the term 

 " sitters " we do not mean to imply that the hens 

 are especially persistent in desiring to incubate, but 

 merely show the natural instinct to reproduce. 



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