. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. Ermine or Columbian Orpingtons Story of the Origin of a New Variety of Orpington Produced in America by the Originator Angler L. Goodw^in THE Ermine Orpington, the latest of the new va- rieties of poultry to become recognized in this country, originated in my yards in Fairfield, Maine, and Melrose, Massachusetts. One of my regular Orpington matings produced a "spo
. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. Ermine or Columbian Orpingtons Story of the Origin of a New Variety of Orpington Produced in America by the Originator Angler L. Goodw^in THE Ermine Orpington, the latest of the new va- rieties of poultry to become recognized in this country, originated in my yards in Fairfield, Maine, and Melrose, Massachusetts. One of my regular Orpington matings produced a "sport" chicken which developed into a cockerel of strikingly good Orpington type, but in color resembling a fairly-well marked Light Brahma. The exact parentage of this bird cannot be told. He may have been a "sport" from the White Or- pingtons or from the Blacks, or possibly resulted from an accidental cross between the two, or between one of them and the Buffs. One thing is certain, he was an Orpington, and all Orpington. This cockerel impressed me with the idea that if I could produce the strikingly handsome colors of the Light Brahma upon the low-built massive form of the Orping- ton, I would have a combination that was well worth striv- ing for. I mated him with a pen of choice White Orping- ton hens, selecting with two things especially in mind, viz., trap-nest record and true Orpington type. This mating resulted in practically all pure white birds. I did get three nice-colored cockerels which were kept for next. ERMINE (JKI'INliTON COCK Ideal Color Markings of the Ermine or Columbian Orpington Male, illustrated expressly for "The Orpingtons" by A. O. Schilling. year's matings, and several good-colored pullets were add- ed to the original female stock. By using females of true Orpington type and from the fact that no foreign blood entered into any of the crosses on either side, it has not been nece-^ary at any stage of the matings to cull out severel
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