. 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. 50 THE ORPINGTONS White Orpingtons in England The boom of the White Orpington in the United States has traveled across the seas reaching England sev- eral years ago and it looks as if English fanciers have been caught in the boom most completely. White Orp- ingtons are certainly booming in England; judging by the following remarks of R. H. Davis in "Poultry,"
. 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. 50 THE ORPINGTONS White Orpingtons in England The boom of the White Orpington in the United States has traveled across the seas reaching England sev- eral years ago and it looks as if English fanciers have been caught in the boom most completely. White Orp- ingtons are certainly booming in England; judging by the following remarks of R. H. Davis in "Poultry," Eng- land: "Whites, which are going ahead by leaps and bounds, and bid fair to become the most popular variety of the day since they are capital layers and table birds. can be thoroughly recommended as a good investment. One of the highest prices (if not the highest), namely $375, was paid for a White Orpington Cock last year (1909)." The illustrations of noted winners at the Crystal Palace Show in 1909, which we reprint from the "Feath- ered World," on pages 48 and 49, convey an excellent idea of the type and size of English White Orpingtons, showing the great improvement ma:de in this direction by the breeders on the other side. As our English cousins are very proud of white-legged and white skinned poultry and like plenty of "beef" or size in utilitarian breeds, the White Orpington ought to become the most popular all around fowl in England. White Plumage Hereditary Color is due to hereditary sources, the excess or ab- sence of one of the primary colors that are found in do- mesticated races of poultry influencing the strength or weakness of the various shades produced. Black and red are the two pigments that play an important part in de- termining the shade of buff and white. The excess of one over the other influences the plumage of white fowls. Where red is the strongest the white is apt to be creamy in the under-color and brassy on the surf
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