The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ar, or with cocks that are a very littleremoved from full brother and sister. In this way color canbe improved from year to year, providing you make use ofthe true Standard colors in your matings. Our Standardcalls for the same color and striping of the hackles of bothmales and females. Real beauty demands that the Standard be obeyed inyour matings or the result will be inferior hackles in thefemales at least. Nature gives the proper hackle to the malemore readily than to the female, and to keep the propershade and ma
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ar, or with cocks that are a very littleremoved from full brother and sister. In this way color canbe improved from year to year, providing you make use ofthe true Standard colors in your matings. Our Standardcalls for the same color and striping of the hackles of bothmales and females. Real beauty demands that the Standard be obeyed inyour matings or the result will be inferior hackles in thefemales at least. Nature gives the proper hackle to the malemore readily than to the female, and to keep the propershade and markings in the hackle of the females we mustsee to it that the hackles of the breeders are as we wouldhave them in the young stock. The mahogany red of the female helps to keep the bril-liancy of the top color of the males and the dark pencilinghelps to add richness and gloss to the black of breast andbody color of the males. The proper use of the Standardcolors in your matings will aid in establishing a line of birdsthat will produce winners in both sexes from the matings. a > 0) o en oa % o ?7 in — a X I U ° u > O -c a § £ s £5 <• 41 n ° Qo c3 o a <. 72 THE ASIATICS. as mentioned, while the manipulations necessary to the dou-ble mating system tend to force your blood lines so far aparttha* the introduction of one into the other injures both colorand markings. The only way to hold in check the white that is so likelyto make its appearance ir the wings _nd about the roots ofthe tail feather? :-f the male, is to a good, rich blackin breast, body and wings and with these good, strong undercolor is necessary. These are the only safeguards againstthe white or gray, that naturally belongs to all fowls whose plumage shows the black-red shades. The same fault, iffault it must be called, was found in the early-day males,the Earl Derby Games, our present-day Black Red Games,Brown Leghorns and others with similar colors. The pres-ence of white or gray has a very
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