. 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. Second Cockerel, Chicago, 190n. Bred and raised Dy Goodes & Palmer, Mar- cellus, Mich. "It should have been comprehended a long time ago by the rank and file of Orpington breeders that the ut- most value should be placed on shape and type, and the question of color made a secondary consideration. A few of the leading Orpington breeders were big enough to reali
. 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. Second Cockerel, Chicago, 190n. Bred and raised Dy Goodes & Palmer, Mar- cellus, Mich. "It should have been comprehended a long time ago by the rank and file of Orpington breeders that the ut- most value should be placed on shape and type, and the question of color made a secondary consideration. A few of the leading Orpington breeders were big enough to realize this, and the day was saved for the Orpington. All breeders who do any exhibiting at all must necessarily see the necessity of keeping to the type, sooner or later. This, and the position of the revised Standard of Perfec- tion, will aid materially in establishing uniformity of ; —A. L. (joodwin. "I have always championed type in Orpingtons in preference to color. Get type first, then go after color. I think the revision referred to above is a step in the right ;—H. H. Kingston, Jr. "Yes—and no. Yes, as to exhibition qualities; no, as to shape, which is wrong now. The Standard shape, in my judgment, is detrimental to the utilitarian qualities of this breed. I prefer a little more length of body and legs, for best ;—C. A. Moxley. "Decidedly, where judging is critical. After all, it will always remain to some extent a matter of view point of the individual ;—Milton W. Brown. "I think shape and color go hand in hand, and I value one about as much as the other—at least, I put color a very close second. It is no easy trick to breed good col- ored Orpingtons, and it is hard to value good color too highly if combined with Orpington type. Once lost, it is not easily gotten ;—E. A. Haring. , , , _ , "I believe the revised American Standard of Fertec- tion should place more value on the
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