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warmer or if kept in rather a warm brood coop, for the reason 

 that they are so tightly feathered the chicks have but little to 

 hover in. 



The greatest trouble with the whites is to get them pure 

 white in color. They will come sandy, and if you breed from 

 such a cock bird you will always regret it, for it is almost impos- 

 sible to stamp it out. I have several times been asked how best 

 to get first-class Malay bantams. The best way is to buy the 

 best pen you can get and breed them. If you have time and 

 patience you can make a cross of the large Malay on Game Ban- 

 tams of the desired color, and by careful recrosses get what 70U 

 want. You may try many times before you get fertile eggs, but 

 the game is worth the candle if you have the patience. 



I shall not elaborate on the color markings, as almost every 

 lover of Game Bantams is familiar with them. It has been with 

 great sorrow that I have noticed this grand old breed dying out in 

 this country. I imported and bred many fine specimens of these 

 varieties, spending lots of good American dollars in my effort to 

 gain popularity for this noble old breed. Is there not some one 

 with sporting blood enough to take hold of them again? 



CHARLES T. CORNMAN. 



The Bantam for the Fancier. 



By F. D. E. Stowe. 



For the fancier no fowl fills the bill better than the Game 

 bantam. I say the Game bantam because they are the variety 

 I know the most about ; I speak from experience. A fancier, one 

 whose main object is to breed to certain ideals, here finds him- 

 self free frorn any pretense that he is breeding for eggs or poul- 

 try, but goes to work to perfect a type. -Here in the Game 

 bantam is a world of opportunity to work along present require- 

 ments, for while wonderful specimens have been produced there 

 is a great field still to conquer. If we get the length of leg wished 

 for then those abominable long wings are present, or perhaps 

 the bird is narrow at the shoulders or stands with shoulders 

 parallel with the tail. The bird should stand erect, and unless it 



