. 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. OHAPTEIR IV Buff Orpingtons Severe Criticisms and Condemnation of the Pfew Variety vrhen First Exhibited in England —Rapid Growrth in Popularity of Bnff Orpingtons ^vhen Their Good Qualities Became Better Knovm—Mating for Size, Type and Color—Contributions by Pfoted American Breeders of Bnff Orpingtons J> H*. DrevenBiedt . UFF Orpingtons followed closely on the heel
. 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. OHAPTEIR IV Buff Orpingtons Severe Criticisms and Condemnation of the Pfew Variety vrhen First Exhibited in England —Rapid Growrth in Popularity of Bnff Orpingtons ^vhen Their Good Qualities Became Better Knovm—Mating for Size, Type and Color—Contributions by Pfoted American Breeders of Bnff Orpingtons J> H*. DrevenBiedt . UFF Orpingtons followed closely on the heels of their black namesake, but even with no claim as blood relations, they shared the growing popularity of the Orpington fowl in England with the Blacks from the start, while in this country they became the most popular variety from the time they were first exhibited at the Madison Square Garden in 1899 and continued in the lead up till the present time, although the White variety has come along with a rush in the past few years, and bids fair to overtake its Buff rival, as it' already has its Black in number of entries at our leading poultry exhibitions. But Buff color is so im- mensely popular with American fanciers that any variety of a breed possessing it, is bound to remain among the leading races of domestic poultry, provided it meets the necessary other requirements which make up the much sought after, but rarely found general pur- pose fowl. The new Buflf Orpingtons were launched upon a stormy sea and were tossed about roughly in their youth- ful days. The originator, William Cook, was severely criticised and even roundly abused in his native land, for offering an imperfect cross-bred fowl to the public, as well as for his temerity in calling these Buff crosses "Orping- tons" when no trace of the original Black Orpington blood flowed in the new comers' veins. The American Fancier in the fall of 1901 published several caustic comments by the late Harriso
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