. 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. Orpington chicken. Bi- *o/r ^c0///'/" â 3;^ ^'v.'fL; ;?!''U; /W(\/ ; J^^/3 - ^'â =^ig»f^/ii;. â¢y''o^£.fA ^ .-K'-yii EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH TYPES OP LANGSHANS, ORPINGTONS AND COCHINS. A pictorial record of thirty-flve years at intervals of seven years. Nos. 1, 7, and 13 show the original types, and 6 12, and 18 the up-to-date ideal. These illustrations â R"ere drawn by the emin
. 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. Orpington chicken. Bi- *o/r ^c0///'/" â 3;^ ^'v.'fL; ;?!''U; /W(\/ ; J^^/3 - ^'â =^ig»f^/ii;. â¢y''o^£.fA ^ .-K'-yii EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH TYPES OP LANGSHANS, ORPINGTONS AND COCHINS. A pictorial record of thirty-flve years at intervals of seven years. Nos. 1, 7, and 13 show the original types, and 6 12, and 18 the up-to-date ideal. These illustrations â R"ere drawn by the eminent English artist, J. W. Ludlow, and appeared in connection with his explanatory article in the Feathered World, England, September 2, 1910. "We are indebted to the latter excellent poultry journal for the reprints of both illustrations and the article.âEditor. Brothers, Bloomer, Hallam and Litting, Galway, Fawkes, Lewis, and many other enthusiasts. In fact, there has been a lot of money spent on Orpingtons, and although Blacks are now stationary, they are ready to rise again when the Buff craze has somewhat subsided, and when Whites have advanced a bit. By-the-bye, Blacks being the safest occasional cross for the produce of bulky Whites it will become necessary to carefully examine and guard against grizzly under- fiuflE in all and any of the black progeny thus produced. An occasional dip is good, over-much leads to spoil the glossy splendor and produce a dull black plumage. In fact, the advantage is to the Whites only to the detri- ment of the Blacks thus crossed. I name this because I know that, in the effort to get size, bulk, and character in Whites, some of the biggest Blacks have been and are being used for the purpose. Returning, however, to the kernel of the nutâviz., the alliance, progress and severance of these three sortsâ those of the old brigade, like myself, who remember the first imported Cochins, and thirty-five years later the first draft of
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