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VOLUME XXXV.— No. 2. 
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1876. 
NEW SERIES—No. 849. 
FIRST PREMIUM BANTAMS AT THE LONG ISLAND POULTRY EXHIBITION. —Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
One who keeps fowls for profit, will doubtless 
look upon the Bantam with disrespect, if not with 
some degree of aversion. This is not to be won¬ 
dered at, because their small size renders them in¬ 
significant as flesh or egg producers, and their pug¬ 
nacity and officiousness in the poultry yard makes 
them a nuisance amongst other fowls. But where 
pleasure, and not profit, is the main pursuit of the 
poultry breeder, the Bantam occupies a very con¬ 
spicuous place. As a pet for young people, it is 
also in great request, and it is much admired by 
them for its neat, handsome figure, its spriglitliness, 
its activity and bravery. A Bantam ben and its 
brood of tiny chicks is a possession greatly desired 
and much treasured by the young people of the 
farm, however the older ones may dread their ap¬ 
pearance in the garden or amongst the flowers. At 
the poultry show this class of birds is very attrac¬ 
tive, and they are much sought after. At the recent 
exhibition of the Long Island Poultry Association, 
previously referred to, there was shown the best 
collection of Bantams we had so far seen. The 
above engraving contains portraits taken from life, 
of some of the rarest varieties of these birds, which 
all took first premiums. The pair numbered 1 in 
the picture, are the Black Bantams, owned by 
Smith & Bros., of Stony Brook, L. I.; No. 2 are 
Black Breasted Red Games, owned by D. Ingraham, 
Astoria, L. I. ; No. 3, the Goldeu Seabrights, of 
W. H. Pullis, Bay Shore, L. I. ; No. 4, t-lie Yellow 
Duckwing Games, belonging to Thomas Smith, 
Stony Brook, L. 1., and No. 5, White-booted Ban¬ 
tams, owned by H. S. Magrane, Newark, N, J, 
