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, 734 pounds; 
hen, 614 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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