The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . shans. Not all of them, however, are good incolor and free from purple, but if the hot dry winds werethe cause of so much purple barring in Langshans, whyshould it not affect all alike under the same conditions? Three years ago I raised exceptionally good coloredLangshans, but among them were some that were as full ofpurple as they could be. That winter I exhibited threecockerels and a number of pulkts at the Missouri StateShow, one of each sex being passed by Russell, with onlyone-half point cut on color, and I found
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . shans. Not all of them, however, are good incolor and free from purple, but if the hot dry winds werethe cause of so much purple barring in Langshans, whyshould it not affect all alike under the same conditions? Three years ago I raised exceptionally good coloredLangshans, but among them were some that were as full ofpurple as they could be. That winter I exhibited threecockerels and a number of pulkts at the Missouri StateShow, one of each sex being passed by Russell, with onlyone-half point cut on color, and I found him none too easyto please, as he is a pretty good cutter. These good coloredbirds were raised in the same yards and under the samecare and conditions that those were that had purple bars. I find that the color of Langshans has been very muchimproved since I first began breeding them, and especiallysince the revision of the last standard, which at first fixedthe punishment for purple in any section at one point, butwhich was afterwards changed to read from one-half o one. A First Prize Black Langshan by John Hettich. point. There is no other defect that puts a Langshan out ofcompetition in the show room as quickly as bad color orpurple barring, and many an otherwise common bird haswon a place simply on color. In breeding for color I amconvinced that the male exercises the greater influence. White feathers in plumage of Black Langshans I havealways contended should disqualify, except where it appearsin toe feathering. I watch this very closely and find thatit does not accompany the best or most brilliant coloredplumage, but on the contrary I find that most of it appearsin my poorest colored (the purple barred or the dull rustyblack) birds. These show more white and nearly alwayshave white or gray tips on wing flights. Many an otherwise good specimen, having a little whitein some part of the plumage, which under the old have been discarded, is now put in
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