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 . ERMINE ORPINGTON COCK Ideal Color Markings of the Ermine or Columbian OrpingtonMale, illustrated expressly for The Orpingtons byA. O. Schilling. years matings, and several good-colored pullets were add-ed to the original female stock. By using females of trueOrpington type and from the fact that no foreign bloodentered into any of the crosses on either side, it has notbeen necessary at an
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 . ERMINE ORPINGTON COCK Ideal Color Markings of the Ermine or Columbian OrpingtonMale, illustrated expressly for The Orpingtons byA. O. Schilling. years matings, and several good-colored pullets were add-ed to the original female stock. By using females of trueOrpington type and from the fact that no foreign bloodentered into any of the crosses on either side, it has notbeen necessary at any stage of the matings to cull out severely for non-Orpington type. Each succeeding crosshas made a distinct advance in color, so I now feel that itis time to give the new Orpington to the public and ex-pedite a general introduction of the variety. First Time Shown I took a pen of Ermines to the Boston Show, January12 to 16, 1909, and it is a modest estimate to say that thedisplay was one of the features of this big ERMINE ORPINGTON HEN Ideal Color Markings of the Ermine or Columbian OrpingtonFemale, illustrated expressly for The Orpingtons byA. O. Schilling. Not only prominent Orpington men, but leading breedersof many different varieties were earnest in their expres-sion of praise and congratulation. It should be said thatin color, the Ermines are not yet all that they ought to be,and for this reason, do not compare over-favorably withthe old established Light Brahma; and those who believethat a new variety of poultry should not be exhibited un-til color points are perfected, naturally refuse to becomeenthusiastic oyer the Ermines as seen at the show. Thecompliments came and continue to come, from those whoare disposed to be willing to see the possibilities in anOrpington, the handsomest fowl of all in type, shape andcarriage, clothed in the plumage of the Light Brahma,for fifty years admitted to be the most striking colorcombination which nature conceived. As to
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