Show CHOSEN FOWL OF INDIA ONE 0 NE OF OLDEST H 1 V V VARIETIES DAE ATES D 0 BACK TO TOBY 1000 I B. B o. o t BY nY LOUIS r. PAUL rUI UI GRAHAM V Cor rl ht 1913 b by The V The in f sf-ci sf Is 15 undoubtedly one of or tho the oldest races ot of f fowls ot of f not much util- util tt Uv value alone hut but t of ot great groat value for with With v. other varieties The TheAs As i Is IR J on one of ot the parents of ot the famous famous fa- fa dark and white Cornish fowls It has been bred for generations in India chiefly by tho the rulers of or the countr country country coun coun- tr try for fighting fighting- purposes purpose and has practically practically practically no other use UBO The females are pOor DOor layers and tho the fowls so hard muscled mus- mus cled that the they make poor table fowls Excellent result are arc obtained however by crossing crossin them with varieties Although poor layers tho the hens are ire splendid sitters and mothers their young oung to the last Both BotI Both sexes IC CS are fighters and have hwe remarkable courage According to old authorities this I Ithe H is the tho fowl whoso whoso battles are aro alluded to In the of ot Menu 1000 B. B i C. C A soel Aseel oel Is the name by hv which the breed breedIs t Is known knoWn In India and has hns been adopted adopt adopt- ed b by those who Imported the fowl Into En England eland and Is li nn Arabic Arable word mean mean- lug Ing high caste easte They The arc are l known non In several colors black blacky black reds white grays spangles speckles and but the first three aro are generally accepted a aft as the distinct varlo- varlo t ties tIcs B. B V Ance Ancestors of ot Back In 1850 1650 or thereabouts th the peo- peo plo pIc o of Cornwall England using t u black red Aseel seel and somo some of tho the loca fowl 1 evolved ol the now famous Dan DarS Cornish Others using the Whit A Aseel eol In a 1111 manner mann r produced th White Cornish fowls rowls Tho latter partaking m in n a a- general nA way of tho the bu bug muscular formation of ot Its Aneel Aseel pro genitor pro proved prod d to ho bo a most table to fowl l with fine Brained soft lott tl s sand alt and andas was as Immensely popular for tor a not only onh In England but in America a ai well 51 3 There are very r few Aseel Ascel to be found toun In America This is a country cater catering ing ine- strictly to utility qualities and andri i fowl Cowl possessing such will attain rune muc popularity and arid extensive sales others like mec th the Areol or for tOt purposes 1 art are bound to h have W but limite favor and even evon this will b be still sun curtailed unless tho the fowls prove use ful tul ful as wall well as ornamental fowl weigh from about 5 ij pounds for tor females fo ta males to G C for tor malo males and in this r ro ref I suffer in comparison with thi th Cornish fowls their de descendants t run from C G to S 8 pounds lot for female and S 8 to 11 pounds for tor males The Th latter are also alAo less lens pugnacious pus an and make market poultry hc they at tho the same time possess pO about the th same me characteristics of ot form torm and eolo as al the A Reel ta |