The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . to dis-qualify, so have had no experiencewhich would enable me to determinewhether the converse of the above istrue viz.: That birds having whitefeathers would be likely, at the nextmolt, to replace them with clear, blackfeathers, but I believe that it is likelyto occur, and I mean to test it in thenear future. Black and white seem tobe very closely correlated, and if thetheory I have developed from my ob-servations thus far is correct, thewhite in the plumage of a black fowlis a variable quantity, liable to becomeeit


The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . to dis-qualify, so have had no experiencewhich would enable me to determinewhether the converse of the above istrue viz.: That birds having whitefeathers would be likely, at the nextmolt, to replace them with clear, blackfeathers, but I believe that it is likelyto occur, and I mean to test it in thenear future. Black and white seem tobe very closely correlated, and if thetheory I have developed from my ob-servations thus far is correct, thewhite in the plumage of a black fowlis a variable quantity, liable to becomeeither more or less abundant at eachsucceeding molt. Your disqualifiedfowl of this season may become yourprize winner of next season, and viceversa. This, too, without any featherpulling. Perhaps we Langshan breedershave made a mistake in discarding allspecimens showing white in it would be a still greatermistake to make the disqualifications intion any more stringent than they areI think it will be found very often thatshowing a few white tips will have more. Big Bug, a Black Langshan Cockerel. Winning at Two Shows. Weight Eleven by Dare & Thurston. this direc-at present,a specimenof the de-sired green sheen and less of the purple than those speci-mens which are strictly free from white. These questionsare all worthy of more careful thought and study on thepart of Black Langshan breeders, and if many will unite inthe effort, their united testimony would soon establish arule which would be far superior to any mans opinion as asafe guide to follow in breeding. Personally, I should stillhesitate to breed from a bird having white feathers, but Ifeel safe in predicting that with increasing study, this faultwill be considered less of a disqualification than it is atpresent. The question of white in feathers is not so serious aspurple barring. At times the green sheen seems to be de-cidedly elusive. When the careful breeder thinks he hasthe purple almost elim


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