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 . ny thus produced. Anoccasional dip is good, over much leads to spoil the glossysplendor and produce a dull black plumage. In fact, theadvantage is to the whites only to the detriment of theblacks so crossed. I name this because I know that, inthe effort to get size, bulk and character in whites, someof the biggest blacks have been and are used for thepurpose. We are of the opinion that th
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 . ny thus produced. Anoccasional dip is good, over much leads to spoil the glossysplendor and produce a dull black plumage. In fact, theadvantage is to the whites only to the detriment of theblacks so crossed. I name this because I know that, inthe effort to get size, bulk and character in whites, someof the biggest blacks have been and are used for thepurpose. We are of the opinion that the infusion of Black Or-pington blood into the Whites has also had a beneficialeffect on the white plumage, eliminating the tendency tobrassiness in the males and creaminess in the importations of White Orpingtons possessed thisdesirable silvery white plumage in a more marked de-gree than in the earlier Whites received from England,the Black no doubt being responsible for both size andcolor improvement. The Story of The White Orpington How and Why, After Many Years of Experimenting with Various Breeds, the White Orpington was Selected as the Best Fowl for AH Purposes. Ernest Kellerstrass. AN IDEAL WHITE ORPINGTON YOU ask me why I selected theWhite Orpington. Well, nodoubt you are aware of the factthat I have bred chickens for many yearsand I bred something like sixteenor seventeen different varieties, and thegreat trouble was some of the birds thatI had did not produce the eggs. Then Ibred some other varieties that producedthe eggs, but they were too small andwould not produce the meat. I lookedaround and experimented for a numberof years, and after I had tried out someOrpingtons for about three years underlock and key here, I finally came to theconclusion that they were the birds. Igot rid of everything on the farm andwent to breeding White Orpingtons ex-clusively. With due respect to all other breed-ers and other breeds of birds, I thinkthere is nothing like the
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