Show GROWING GROWING CHICKS CHICKS REQUIRE PROTECTION 1 il 1 1 I I i ti I lt i 1 i. i L- L 2 i 1 I 1 Ji i 11 D Df f c r r 1 t iI 4 1 r Il S F Jt fr t I Je Y i Tg t 1 f f'S S 'S t c C I F.- F. I p I II I. A ii iii i M Ij Is I t i WHITE COCHIN BANTAMS This variety of the popular Cochin Bantam originated in America first front from sports or albinos hatched from eggs of the Buff variety and in England as the result of crosses with the large Cochin and White Bantam The intermingling of the American and English blood has produced fine specimens of the bird and practically every good line of White Cochin Bantams in America was produced in this way They are essentially essentially- intended for pets or ornaments and have no commercial value as food The hens are great of brown eggs which are surprisingly large considering the size of the hen Tho The Bantams weigh twenty sir to thirty ounces for males and twenty four to twenty-six twenty ounces for females are docile and ard easily confined and may be allowed the run of t the lawn and gard garden n w whore where ere t they ey will do little if any damage I I FROM FORBIDDEN GROUNDS' GROUNDS COME BUFF COCHIN BANI BANTAMS AMS Secured Secured Secured-by by Soldiers in iii Summer r Palace of Chinese Rulers of oft i R P kin in This Bird is a a Pet for the Children Which for Profit Affords Chances t BY LOUIS PAUL GRAHAM Copyright 1913 br by Th The Eugene Co Pre i mentioned In describing describing As previously ing the tIme origin of ot the thc Buff Cochin Bantams this bird was developed from the Pekin Bantams Time The latter l were Part of or the spoils from the Summer Palace at Pekin China obtained ined and sent to England by a n British when the A An Saxon lo-Saxon expedition sacked that e establishment In 1860 1560 After being inbred for fot a number of ot years the bird became much weakened unfortunately There was no rio wa way WY of ot obtaining ne' ne new blood from Crom Pekin The En English lIsh fanciers then commenced commence creasing crossing cross cross- ing InS In other breeds In an effort to save tilt tho Pelting from dying out The Time Nankin Nankin Nan Nan- ankin an- an kin Bantam was used nn and also th the I large Cochins These Infusions of new blood saved the bird and brought blought out I some off oft birds among them be- be the whites and the tho blacks s This was practically their origin In England Crossing with common white bantams and White Booted bantams helped to fl fIx the color characteristics In America White Cochin Bantams orl originated from sports or albinos from Crom the Buffs Butts Some enterprising fanciers fanciers fanciers fan fan- ciers adopted and worked har hard to develop develop de de- de- de them to perfection Many English English English Eng Eng- lish White Cochin Bantams B were ere imported im im- im ported and the two blood lines were in intermingled In- In led with fth the result that excellent excellent excel excel- lent strains of or White hite Cochin Bantams were developed The White Cochin Bantams of Amen Ameri can origin were ero very velY brass or yetto- yetto Those rhose of English origin were pure pur pur t white but r l large e In man many instances the time admixture of oc the tho latter J with the former produced Cochin Bantams small and as af well formed as the American birds and at the same time retained I Ithe the time whiteness of or the time English stock This Is JR practically the history of or every good strain of or White Cochin Bantams in America Most excellent specimens of this tills variety varlet are arc now shown It ha has hai been suggested lI that r g-r greater Improvement Improve improve- ment mont ha has been made in Imi this variety varlet In Ia shape and color than In the orl original Buffs Butr I Many Ian men muon are ardent Can fanciers lers of till thic breed breedS and and vie with each other in makIn making mak mak- In lug ing greatest Improvements in the beauties For Foy children White Cochin 3 make male rate first pets The They are arc small sm and docile and become very cr tame i Time Thai h liens hens ns ar are arc splendid layers of c eggs gs which are arc surprisingly ly large when the size oC ot the hen i Is considered Cochin Bantams may be kept in iii very t small quarters and cat but little teed feed giving giving- surprisingly l large rg returns In th number of eggs laid considering their cost of or keep Good sp specimens bring prices ran ranging ln from rom 5 to 25 r. r each ach and n mJ ninny many fancier fancler find it profitable to lo breed this variety securing a er very satisfactory s from tho the sate sale of or stock stoel and eggs CS |