. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. o for the broad markings. In thisrespect my second prize Palace cockerel excelsmy cup winner, the latter having narrowmarkings, though bred from the same pen. In regard to the two colours. Silvers andGolds, at present the Golden are a trifle smallerthan the Silvers, but, generally speaking, theyhave whiter lobes. I find, however, that bothmy Golds and Silvers are increasing in size aswell as improving in markings. Writing in 1911, the Rev. E. Lewis Jones, 478 THE BOOK OF POULTRY. of Heyope, Kni
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. o for the broad markings. In thisrespect my second prize Palace cockerel excelsmy cup winner, the latter having narrowmarkings, though bred from the same pen. In regard to the two colours. Silvers andGolds, at present the Golden are a trifle smallerthan the Silvers, but, generally speaking, theyhave whiter lobes. I find, however, that bothmy Golds and Silvers are increasing in size aswell as improving in markings. Writing in 1911, the Rev. E. Lewis Jones, 478 THE BOOK OF POULTRY. of Heyope, Knighton, Radnorshire, hon. the Campine Club, kindly furnishes the fol-lowing additional notes. The bird portrayedon this page is from his yards, that on p. 479being the property of Mr. R. Edwards. Origin.—Monsieur L. Vander-Snickt, thegreatest Belgian authority on poultry, tells usthat these two breeds (Braekcls and Cam-pines) have been famous since the time ofCharles V. for producing delicious milkchickens in winter, and in summer for the enor-mous number of cockerels (Joulets de grains). Silver Campine Cockenl Ilvnt \).(Selected to illustrate marking and t>pc.) which must be killed or caponiscd before theyare four months old. Of their origin priorto that period we do liot know anything withcertainty, but Monsieur Vander-Snickt finds aresemblance in them to the G. turcica of Aldro-vandus. How they were introduced intoBelgium we do not know. Undoubtedly theBraekel and the Campine of Belgium origin-ated from the same stock, but have now beenmodified by (a) environment and (b) the infu-sion of blood of the fowls that were there be-fore. These two causes are, to my mind,sufficient to account for the differences andhave been operative to produce them. History.—Undoubtedly Campines have been known in England since the beginning ofthe last century, and I have 3Mr. EdwardBrowns authority for saying that it is reason-able to assume that the original pencilled Ham-burgh
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