BREEDS AND BREEDING 



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Brown Red, Golden Duckwing, Silver Duckwing, Red 

 Pyle and White. 



The Polish are distinctly a fancier's fowl. The 

 demand for them is small. They are delicate, particu- 

 larly when young, good layers of white eggs and non- 

 sitters. Their flesh is of fine quality. The varieties 

 are Bearded Golden, Bearded Silver, Bearded White, 

 Buflf Laced, Golden, Silver, White and White Crested 

 Black. They are very handsome in plumage. 



FIG. 45— 



RED PYLE GAME BANTAM HEN 



WHITE COCHIN BANTAM COCK 



The Bantams include the dwarfs of poultrydom. 

 They are diminutive in size but of the same shape, 

 color and markings of the large breeds from which 

 they were developed. Some of them are excellent 

 layers and can be profitably kept for eggs to supply 

 the home table where quarters are so limitefi as to pre- 

 clude the keeping of larger fowls. There are many 



