Show ONE OF THE SMALLEST OF BANTAMS I r r r f By Louis Paul Graham I I C Copyright 1913 by the tee tb Company This Thil one h la one of ot the most diminutive of ot i tho the Bantam family The weights demanded demanded de dc- de- de 1 by bv the American standard of ot otI V I perfection are arc 20 to 22 ounces for tor fe females females te- te males while 22 to to- 26 ounces are re al all all' allowed allowed al- al l' l lowed for males Most of ot the thc best sped specimens mens exhibited arc aro well under tinder these j weights and th the breed appears to bep bo be boone p one which is Is naturally very small Rose comb Bantams both black ck and aud white are bred In ht large numbers In England Canada and the United States although h the best specimens appear to tobe tobe tobe be produced In the former country The fanciers lers o of this reed greed arc enthusiasts and will pay large sums for tor specimens that hint have p won prizes at nt the English Dhows Many an of or them are imported each ach year r. e Rose-comb Rose White Bantams were originated or orIgInated originated or- or in England Eng where certain poultry fanciers take talce keen delight In producing Bantams of or ever every breed and I then It carefully breeding them to perI per per- I They have reached their best perfection perfection tion during the last twenty five years ears and competition In this variety Is ia very keen among their exhibitors In the poultry sho shows s This variety Is a diminutive c Hamburg In general shape with rose comb white earlobe big well spread tall carried low Like LUe all aH Bantams It is a good layer l and the females will pro produce uce many eggs The hens will sit hatch and rear re I the young oung and and as as in other Bantams Bantams- these reach maturity early It Is often otten possible to get set the pullets to laying then set hatch and rear a brood of or their own O all within tho the same season in which they thc themselves hatched Some breeders make a practice of ot this and also of oC late hatching un under er the Impression that this makes the Bantams Bantams Ban Ban- tams smaller Like all other Bantams the Rose- Rose comb White is an ornamental 1 fowl It cannot he be reckoned with as a n. utility proposition for tor while It Is a good layer laer Its eggs are small and al although although although al- al though very useful for tor the home table Th The young fowls themselves are good to eat being so small that They hey would pass pass pass' for tor quail The rhe chief use of oC this breed is for lor fancy and as an ornament to a country place A flock of ot these little birds will not do Ver very serious damage to a awn lawn wn to which their presence presence pres pros ence enco would ad add attractiveness Rose-comb Rose White Bantams are docile and become real pets Your boy or girl would get man many hours of ot amusement from a trio of ot these those birds and at the same sarno time learn a lot about handling poultry When the hens liens sit and hatch the child chUd can derive much touch innocent pleasure from tram caring for tor the hen and feeding the tho chicks and watching them grow Bantams may be kept In a 11 avery avery very ver small amaH house require but little room room and eat so little feed teed that thal the amount consumed Is hardly noticeable |