. 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. 38 THE ORPINGTONS the originators of the Orpingtons having agreed to see all classes filled. Mr. Wm. Cook, Senior, had made arrange- ments to be present this year with four pens but was pre- vented by sickness. "The American Orpington Club held its first annual meeting and'elected Mr. C. E. Vass, president; Mr. Frank W. Gaylor, vice-president; Mr. Wallace P. Wille
. 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. 38 THE ORPINGTONS the originators of the Orpingtons having agreed to see all classes filled. Mr. Wm. Cook, Senior, had made arrange- ments to be present this year with four pens but was pre- vented by sickness. "The American Orpington Club held its first annual meeting and'elected Mr. C. E. Vass, president; Mr. Frank W. Gaylor, vice-president; Mr. Wallace P. Willett, secre- tary and treasurer; Mr. P. Kyle and Mr. C. E. Faber, members of executive committee. Standards were adopted for all the varieties. A new paper appeared called 'The Orp- ington,' by Wallace P. Willett, devoted entirely to the in- terest of the breeders of the fashionable, fancy and utility of Orpingtons, 1-cent stamp for copy. This paper gives the English Standards of all the Orpingtons and a fine illustration of a typical Black Orpington cock. The wonderful progress made by the Orpingtons in Eng- land and the Colonies in the few years since their introduction is only a fore- runner of what will come about in the United ; In 1903 came the flood- tide boom of the Buflf Orp- ingtons, when William Cook arrived from Eng- land with a ship-load of Orpingtons of all varieties and made such a display of them at the Madison Square Garden. That exhibit firmly and permanently established Buflf Orpingtons, as well as the Black and White va- rieties in America. The boom was on in full blast, and has shown no signs of "blowing ; Buff Orping- tons are here to stay. Buff Orpingtons land Eng- 'OW&H FARMS The late Lewis Wright in his "Book of Poultry" re- lates the history of the first appearance of Buflf Orping- tons in England as follows: "The first pair of Buflf Orpingtons ever shown as such were exhibited by Mr. W. Cook, at the Dairy Show
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