. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 545. Single-Combed White Leghorn cock 1 sharply defined striping in the hackle, a little ticking (but not pronounced strip- ing) in the saddle, tail coverts with clean white lacings, the surface black in every sec- tion jet black, and the sur- face white a clean white; the females should not be quite so strong in color. Females with black or nearly black wings will usually show poor striping in the hackle, the black stripe too wide (breaking the white edge at the tip of the feather), and the white margin flecked with black (smutty).
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 545. Single-Combed White Leghorn cock 1 sharply defined striping in the hackle, a little ticking (but not pronounced strip- ing) in the saddle, tail coverts with clean white lacings, the surface black in every sec- tion jet black, and the sur- face white a clean white; the females should not be quite so strong in color. Females with black or nearly black wings will usually show poor striping in the hackle, the black stripe too wide (breaking the white edge at the tip of the feather), and the white margin flecked with black (smutty). It is better to select both males and females first for good striping in the hackle, and not reject for white in the flights unless it is excessive. In general there is a degree of correlation in black sections (a weak wing accom- panying weakness of color in the main tail feathers and in the hackle), but this is not regular. To produce the now fash- ionable darker type, without white in the upper webs of flight feathers and with strong striping in the saddles of the males, selection must be made for these points, with (at present) some sacrifice in cleanness of surface white. Whether it is possible ulti- mately to produce the color pattern with striping on the backs of males and clean white surface on the backs of females is debatable — and doubtful. Such specifications. Fig. 546. Single-Combed White Leghorn cockerel, extra good breast ^ ^ Photograph from owner. Elm Poultry Yards, Hartford, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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