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Show Wyandotte Bantam Makes Bow as Newest Variety The newest thing in chickens is the "Wyandotte bantam, a small chicken large enough to lay good sized eggs and for the table, yet small enough to fit Into any town or city dweller's back yard. What will interest a lot of folks 3s that it requires only about a third of the food an ordinary sized hen eats. As the name Implies the Wyandotte bantam is a cross between the Wyandotte Wyan-dotte and bantam. It was originated in England. These new chicks, shown at the twenty-fourth annual exhibition exhibi-tion of the Chicago Coliseum Poultry Exposition association, weigh from two to five and a half pounds and lay eggs weighing 14 ounces to the dozen. Regular Reg-ular sized hen eggs weigh about 24 ounces per dozen. |