Identifier: originalamerican00reli (find matches)
Title: Original American productions. Standard bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff and black ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Reliable poultry journal publishing company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Quincy, Ill., Reliable poultry journal pub. co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s not inheritedfrom their ancestors and we can surely get rid of it by judic-ious mating. This sunburn appears more prominently inthe male and is found on the neck, back and shoulders prin-cipally. It is easy to understand why it should appear onthe neck and back, but why it should crop out on the wingsis something of a puzzle. The hackle and saddle being com-posed of long feathers, it is hard for nature to supply oilenough to protect the outside from the severe heat of thesun, but the shoulders are composed of short feathers andnature should be able to keep them white. In scoring forthis defect, the cuts run from one-half to one and one-halfin all sections. Should there be a trace of flecking, the cutwill be from one-half to one point more in each section.Should the neck be good on the surface but show a yellowtint underneath, the cut would be one-half point. If thewings are good on the surface, but show yellow quills in thesecondaries and flight feathers, the cut is one-half to one,
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..it*.- -/ ■»—A> «s- 9j=- RtUflBLf POULTRY-JOURNAL COPYRIGHT -; WHITE WYANDOTTES. By SEWELL, NOVEMBER, 1899.Characteristics, shape and standard requirements are substantially the same as those given for the Silvers except that the color of this variety is pure white. See color-plate frontispiece. 62 THE WYANDOTTES. according to the degree. If a bird shows off-color in anysection, such as grease or paint or any foreign substance,the cut is one point, and the cut should be made in the con-dition column and the sections affected should be designatedwith a check mark on the card. Feeding for Color. Feeding to produce a pure white color has been a seriousstudy with some fanciers, and some have proved that it hasan effect in particular cases. Considering my own experi-ence, I say look to nature for your remedy and study naturefor the cause and effect. It is reasonable to suppose that apart of the diet of a fowl goes to form the coloring matterof its plumage and we have learned that

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