Show Fanciers I Fanciers Fanciers' Fancy Fancier Bantams I or to be honest my wife have recently acquired three new bant bantams ban ban- t tams ms for our flock Elmer the thep proud p oud walk the and his two tunes Clementine and Adeline Bantam raising is a real industry in the United States Among my acquaintances acquaintances acquaintances ac ac- ac- ac most people raise bantams bantams ban ban- tams for pets Elmer Clementine and Adeline had hardly gotten out of their crate which brought them all the way from Iowa to Florida where they are now ensconced before before before be be- fore the ladies were leaping up on my wife's arm and eating a piece of bread right out of her mouth The industry breeds the birds for exhibition and fancier sale ir i 1 r E Ek I I k Striking specimen of a Blue Cochin bantam rooster bred for forr r its beauty A bantam is really just a little chicken bred down by selecting the small ones in a normal breed and mating them with the ponies as they call the undersized but healthy and handsome roosters the cocky ones The bantam breed is centuries old In China they produced miniatures miniatures miniatures minia minia- tures with long and flowing ving tails to grace the gardens of the Man hus Great estates in Europe have been decorated for hundreds of years with these delectable little creatures creatures creatures crea crea- tures kept for no purpose other than the beauty they could impart to the landscape |