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POULTRY CULTURE 



FIG. 331. Cornish Indian Game hen. 



Forest City Cornish yards, Shawnee, 



Oklahoma 



soon cease absolutely. Whatever 

 may be said of the humanity and 

 morality of cockfighting, there is no 

 doubt that indirectly the results of 

 breeding for the pit were beneficial 

 to poultry culture, the requirements 

 of the cockpit compelling an atten- 

 tion to strength and vitality too often 

 neglected when qualities not imme- 

 diately dependent upon them are 

 sought. As would be expected from 

 the attention given to breeding fight- 

 ing fowls, some most pronounced 

 utility types are plainly derived 

 through modifications of this type. 

 After the prohibition of cockfight- 

 ing some breeders developed an 



exaggerated game type for exhibi- 

 tion. The fighting types as devel- 

 oped in different countries vary 

 considerably. Only the two most im- 

 portant, the Aseel and the English 

 Game, need be considered here. 

 These, with the Malay, the Cornish 

 Indian Game, and the modern Ex- 

 hibition Game constitute the game 

 types of interest to the student of 

 poultry culture. 



The Aseel (or Azeel), " the true 

 fighting Game of India," is a small 

 bird very strong in frame and so 

 short of feather that the plumage 

 does not conceal the lines of the form 

 as in birds with longer plumage. It 

 combines, more than any other fowl, 

 great muscular development with 

 strong bone. Aseels are of various 

 colors and have pea combs. 



FIG. 332. Front view of Cornish 



Indian Game cockerel. Forest City 



Cornish yards 



