AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



are very hardy and mature early. The hens are 

 fair layers of tinted eggs, and are more or less 

 inclined to broodiness. 



Perhaps no breed of fowls dresses with less 

 waste than the Cornish Indians; one with no 

 experience would be greatly surprised how com- 

 pactly they are built and the amount of meat that 

 is on their carcasses. Game flesh is firm and very 

 fine grained, although sometimes it is somewhat 

 dry. The birds are very full in the breast and 

 broad at the shoulders; backs are convex instead 

 of flat or concave, as in most other breeds; ear- 

 lobes red; pea combs; skin and legs yellow; Stand- 

 ard weights, cock, 9 pounds; cockerel, 7^2 pounds; 

 hen, 6y 2 pounds; pullet, 5^ pounds. In color the 

 Cornish fowls are greenish-black intermixed with 

 red. The White Indian Games are identical with 

 the Cornish Indians except in color, but are rarely 

 bred. 



THE BANTAM CLASS 



The Bantam family is not of great practical use, 

 but are bred mostly for ornamental purposes or for 

 playthings for children, as they become very tame 

 and like to be petted. While, of course, impossible 

 for market purposes, Bantams can often be used 

 to furnish eggs and some meat for a small fam- 

 ily so situated that they could not keep a large fowl. 



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