. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . e sun were ascribed to it. Its goodtable qualities, prolific egg-laying capacity, its docilityand hardiness, the fact that it would stand any climate,clean or dirty, and look well though uncared for andunwashed, etc., were boomed sky-high. The immediatedemand for specimens was enormous, and every farm-yard was scoured to find any black birds which hap-pened to have rose-combs and traces of yellow in theleg, which were picked up at killing-prices and sold attimes for almost fabulous sums. With these miscellaneous specimens b
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . e sun were ascribed to it. Its goodtable qualities, prolific egg-laying capacity, its docilityand hardiness, the fact that it would stand any climate,clean or dirty, and look well though uncared for andunwashed, etc., were boomed sky-high. The immediatedemand for specimens was enormous, and every farm-yard was scoured to find any black birds which hap-pened to have rose-combs and traces of yellow in theleg, which were picked up at killing-prices and sold attimes for almost fabulous sums. With these miscellaneous specimens bred in anyhaphazard fashion, Wyandotte cockerels of variouscolours were mated. Dark Golds, Partridges, SilverPencilled or Silver Laced were used, while those whohad Black cockerels mated them to White Wyandottepullets; or White cockerels were mated to Black Rocks,and produced some of the best specimens. Many birdthus bred were exhibited and carried off prizes as pureWyandottes, and not a few Avith such alien blood asthe Black Orpington, Black Leghorn, or Indian Game. 411 AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 413 found themselves with honours or prizes as Wyandottes !All had more or less pretence to black plumage, butwhen bred together all known colours were produced,and among the very best, and from eggs readily soldat 42s. a dozen, there were more white specimens thanblack. Other varieties of Wyandottes have had amixed parentage, but the Black caps the lot. Birdswere rapidly imported from America or Holland, wherethey had been fostered for years ; some of the bestrealizing .£100 apiece! A Club was formed, and at the time of writing hasover 130 members, and its year-book, which can beobtained for 2d. from the Hon. Sec, Mrs. Bury, ofLomber Hey, High Lane, Cheshire, is one of thebest year-books ever published, and is illustrated withphotographs of recent winners. Some are wonderfullytrue to Wyandotte type and are sound in colour, whileothers look for all the world like the old and defunctR
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