The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-26

copyrir hted by the American Poultry
Association. names more than a hun
dred varieties of fowls, all Of which
are due to the development Of mar
except one. The original fowl was a
comely wild thing which made It's
home IN the jungle along with the rest
of prlmeval creation. 1t is long call
from this ancient fowl OF ungainly pro
portions to the lordly Langshan or the
massive Cochin of the present day
but the ancestry is certain. The rela'
ton can be traced back farther than
the time of Christ.
Europe, Asia and America have all
contributed to the development of the
poultry family. and the many and va
ried strains that now exist are the re-
suIt of centuries of Improvement.
England and America have been fore
most in the work, however, and the
results accomplished by the fanciers
in these two countries in recent years
has been nothing short of remarkable.
BY intelligent breeding these fanciers
have produced fowls of all sieZs, from
the dimutive Bantam to the mammoth
Bronze Turkey one tiny bit OF feath-
cred vanity weighting only a few
ounces. and the other a bulky fowl
weighing from forty to sixty pounds.
Results equally as wondered have
been accomplished in color effects.
There are varieties, in red, black,
brown and white, with nearly all posi-
BILE combinations, besides buff and
Andalusian blue. Not content with
this, the fanciers have shown that
they can lace, stripe, spangle or bar
the feathers of their birds in any way
to satisfy their individual fancy. In
fact it seems that about all there is
left for them to do among this line
is to put their initials on the feathers
OF their birds which. in the light OF
what they have already done, is not
as impossible as it may sound.
The pigeon fanciers have kept pace
with the poultrymen. and the results
they have obtained are truly wonder
full. They have given us the gorgeous
Fan Tail a little bird with a tail al
most big enough to almost tilt its body
out of kilter In the case of the Fan
Tail, the fanciers have simply bred to
, deformity. The improved strain is /
merely a llnebred monstrosity. Some !
fellow found a pigeon in his flock with :
. tail feather turned the wrong way. =
He got the idea that a bird with all t
is tail feathers turned the wrong way a
would be a good thing, SO he sought q
mate for his freak, paired them, and /
he Fan Tail was soon with us. Along a
ONES another fellow who thought he f
you'd like to set a pigeon with two V
ows of feathers turned the wrong C
vay. We now have them with three "
ows. and the end seems far off. These 7
AN Tails have all the vanity of Solo, o
ION. In their coops they droop about k
18th little show of lift, but when g,
lken out they Immediately spread h,
leir ample fans and strut about as Ia
rOmpous as you please. When placed III
front of mirror they try to Guido W
lie image in the glass, and the at 70
.mpt Is something laughable.
AS a close second to the FaA Tails
me the wonderful Tumblers. There :.
e two kinds, Indoor and Outdoor .v
nmbIers. The parlor performers will 90
I'm somersaults in the most artistic =,
amer. The outdoor specie will sail o.
|, in the air several hundred feet. and -.
en- fall suddenly downward, turn m
g over and over as they come. They M
yht themselves before they reach Nc
9 groud. soar skyward again. and ~,
rform the same astonishing gyra- po
ms umtfl yoa tire Of the perform 40.
ce. The explanation of the Tum- rh
n Is simple. The breeder found A.
azy bird. q little fowl with an I'm M,
a. desire to turn over continuously on,
bred to the freak and brought forth rho
clever Tumbler to astonish the old m
ks and delight the little ones. What n,
i these fanciers do next? ,or
rhs successful fancier breeds for nm,
,uty and utility combined. II he =
,ires to create new strain he must h.s
an imaginative soul. He must 80.
ct in his minds eye an ideal fowl, -,
then persevere in his endeavor to
duce one like 1t. He jots down a
cription OF his visionary bird from g.,
* to toe nail. II he prefers to go A.,
the standard, he will find that very :,
citing. Every detail is looked to 49,,
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