. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. WHITE CRESTED by H. T. Sperry, Hartford, BLACK of J. G. Bicknell, Buffalo, N. Y. POULTRY. 495 the hackle. After the first moult the feathers are generally somewhat lighter. Tliey have abeautiful plumage, and like all the Polish varieties are highly prized for their ornamental aswell as useful qualities. We might add respecting the crest of this variety, that the firstyear the feathers are black, finely laced wi
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. WHITE CRESTED by H. T. Sperry, Hartford, BLACK of J. G. Bicknell, Buffalo, N. Y. POULTRY. 495 the hackle. After the first moult the feathers are generally somewhat lighter. Tliey have abeautiful plumage, and like all the Polish varieties are highly prized for their ornamental aswell as useful qualities. We might add respecting the crest of this variety, that the firstyear the feathers are black, finely laced with white, after which the color is reversed and iswhite laced with black. The lacing is slightly heaviest at the tips of the feathersthroughout the plumage. White Crested White Polish.—These fowls possess the general contour andcharacteristics of the other Polish varieties described, but are somewhat larger in size thanany other except the Black-Crested White, which is the largest of the Polish family. Theyare more hardy than the colored varieties, and of experience consider them moreprolific in egg-production. The plumage requires no description, being a pure white ear lobe
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