The evening times., 1900-06-27
A FARM FOR GAME FOWLS
To Be Raised Exclusively at a Fort
MyeP Establishment.
An Agricultural Department Report
hhrt Declares This Variety of
Poultry to Have Been Brought to n
High state of Observation-Disclosures
ms Layers and for Table Uses.

Within the last few weeks there has
been established on Fort Myer Heights.
Just opposite Georgetown, a poultry farm,
where game chickens are raised exclusive
ly- There are two classes Of game chick
ems. those raised for the pit and those
raised exclusively for exhibition purposes.
The pit garae is not generally reckoned
among the STANDARD varieties of poultry, yet
it is found to be exceedingly profitable and
practical; in fact, far more so than the
most pretentious exhibition game.
A recent bulletin from the Agricultural
Department deals with this subject in part
as follows:
For a long time exhibition games have
been favoTitcs in this country. By careful
selection in breeding for many generations
they have been brought to a high state Of
perfection. The beauty Of an exhibition
game is much praised in this and other
countries and the pens are always filed
at the shows. They are sought after and
oourted by fanciers. and as ornamental
fowls they have few equals in the number
Of their admirers. The practical qualities
OF the exhibition game have never been
demonstrated with accuracy. their tall fig
ures standing in the way OF popularity and
general usefulness. 1t should not be un-
derstood that they are Improbable to keep,
but rather not fowl for farm purposes.
They are usually splendid layers and ex-
celism table fowls. their meat being fine
grained, tender and juicy. They are splen-
did settlers and mothers. Their tall. COM
mGnding and striking figures are decided
contrasts to those Of other poultry, and af-
ford diversion to admirers of fine pouI-
try. The varieties Of exhibition games
are Black-5reasted Red, Brown Red, Cold
en- and Silver Duci-wing, Red Pyles, White,
Black, Birchen, Cornish and White Indian.
Malay. and Black Sumatra-
The history of the Black breasted Red
game dates from the most remote times
They always breed uniformly and invari-
ably alike in color. this uniformity being
also observed In the bantams of this name.
The color Of the Red game Geek is a bright
orange; the head, hackle and saddle being
light red; the breast. body, and stern are
black; the shoulders. with the exception
OF the shoulder coverts, are red; wing
bow, red: coverts. black; tail feathers,
sickles, and tail coverts. lustrous black;
thighs, black; shanks and feet, yellow
The hen is brown; head and haekles. light
golden, the hacklc feathers being striped
with black down the centre; the feathers
Qf the body. penciled with black: tail,
black or dark brown. the upper feathers
being penciled with light brown.
THE head of the cock is long. and the
neck slim and snaky; breast. broad; great
breadth across the shoulders; back
straight and sloping to the TAIL body hard
and compact; wings, short; tail, small and
closely folded, with few sickles ard fine
narrow hangers; thigh, long and well de-
Yeloped; shank, long. stout, and smooth;
toes, long aud straight. The hen is about
the same shape as the cock
The plursage of head and the haekle
of the Red Pyle Game cock varies from
bright orarge TO chestnut; back, crimson;
breast, white laced with chestnut: body.
white; wings, crimson, transversed with a
white bar; tail and tail coverts, white; the
head Of hen is chestnut; hackle, white.