. 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. CHAPXEIR VI Non-Standard Varieties Rose Comb Black, Buff and White; Jubilee, SpaiiiJled, Cuckoo Blue and Ermine or Columbian Orpingtons. JUBILEE ORPINGTONS Reproduced from "Feathered World," England '^2P<1^ J. 11. DreveDstedt XCE a new breed becomes popular, the work of produeing sub-varieties begins. Scarce- ly had the original Black Orpington be- come es
. 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. CHAPXEIR VI Non-Standard Varieties Rose Comb Black, Buff and White; Jubilee, SpaiiiJled, Cuckoo Blue and Ermine or Columbian Orpingtons. JUBILEE ORPINGTONS Reproduced from "Feathered World," England '^2P<1^ J. 11. DreveDstedt XCE a new breed becomes popular, the work of produeing sub-varieties begins. Scarce- ly had the original Black Orpington be- come established and recognized as a race of fowl, when the BufTs and Whites ap- peared. All other sub-varieties are still outside the breastworks and of the eight non-standard varieties few will eventually be admitted to the Standard, if the present temper and conservative attitude ol Orpington fanciers are reliable indications. With the exception of the Ermine or Columbian Or- pington, all other sub-varieties originated in England, so the following comments by that eminent English author- ity, E. Campbell, in his book, "The Orpingtons," prove timely and interesting. "For the Diamond Jubilee or Spangled Orpington I am unable to raise any great enthusiasm. A multipliance of varieties may be all right from an originator's point of view, but they need something more than these have to recommend them, to justify the breeder taking either up in face of many other beautiful and distinctive breeds. "Xor can I say much more for the attempt to perpet- uate the rose-combed varieties. Popular fancy has fixed on the single-comb as the badge of the Orpington tribe, and even though breeders would have been probably as ready to adopt the rose-comb had it arrived first, or with better specimens. The reverse being the case, it is only reasonable to suggest that rose-combs should be conceded as the Wyandotte's birthright, just as the yellow leg is the ehief distinguishing mark betw
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