24 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA. 



BANTAMS. 



These diminutive birds afford entertainment to the fancier, es- 

 pecially if young. They make very interesting pets, and are good 

 layers, sitters and mothers. While no one would select them solely 

 on the ground of the profit to be derived from them, except by the 

 sale of birds to fanciers, yet on small lots they may be profitably 

 grown and kept healthy where larger birds would not thrive. They 

 are good egg producers and make very nice broilers. 



JAPANESE BAIsTAMS. 



When allowed a wide range on which they procure a variety of 

 food, the broilers are almost as nice and but little larger than par- 

 tridges. 



There is a number of varieties of this breed, all of which are very 

 pretty some are exceedingly handsome. 



The varieties differ but little in economic value, while they serre 

 the purpose for which they are intended, viz : Gratifying the taste 

 of different fanciers. 



