Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-01
NEW SUI BREEDS.
The Many Gofden Breeds That
! Have The Call Of the Hour.


i<3|A ,cv noultry made almost as
||I|| 'Z|& .,to dol about them as we OF
y VI |||i sent lay make of new gold
}' 1,he yellow Shanghais, as
WEN, sere len called, were sought
~ nv lod and lady alike The
HinA lord vayor of Dublin thought
almAst as UGH of his yard of golden
beauAies =, he did of his seal of
ofiice,Nad the controversy as to-
their F3fl origin ran as high at the
time as As the Langshan contro-
versy OF q later date.
A few years back some of our
New York and New Jersey fanciers
opened the ball on the so-called full.
feathered Cochins. Some specimens
were brought from England with
legs like a stork for length and
perfect wings of feathers at the
hook, 50 long they reached almost
to the ground and so stiff they
would have done service for props
Equally profuse and stiff was the
foot feathering. This war for and
Mgainst the vulture hooks upon
fBese buff fowls created craze for
the color, and experts began to
place yellow feathers upon all man
ner of fowls. Buff Brahmas, Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Leg
horns, and Bantams of all kinds
made their appearance, and for
time one had simply to add buff
and it went.
BUFF BRAHMAs.
TThe Buff Brahmas have not as
yet gained much prominence, simp-
ly being crOss-bred fowls that have
not thus far proven their ability to
reproduce of their kind in quality.
Some of the best females we have
seen came Of a cross of an Indian
Game cock upon Light Brahma
hens The males from the cross
were very bad, but the result of the
cross shows how strong the golden
color OF the Orient is in all the Ma
lay family Of fowls and it's pro-
pensity to crop out whenever occa-
sion offers. The great distinction
of the yellow or golden buff-colored
coat of the high officials of China is
an emblem much desired, and the
worst disgrace is to be stripped of
this golden mantle and the peacock
feather. The golden yellow is the
uotional color of the Chinese.
The Brahma shape of the Buff
Brahmas is better than their color
The first Cochins or Shanghais we
ever saw were far better Buff |
Brahmas than we see today. |
They had considerable of the pres
ent BraLma shape, very black
wings and tails, and their necks
were penciled vury much like our
early Brahmas. Even to the pres
ent day the black marking will |
show in the necks of some Buff !
Cochin females. Our opinion is
that the Brahma neck and tail will |
never look attractive on a buff |
fowl
ROCKS AND WYANDOTTES.
When the so-called Wilson Buff |
Plymouth Rocks made their APP
pearance they were accepted with.
open arms as the buff wonder of the |
age. They were simply clean or
smooth-legged Buff Brahmas, but
they were the foundation upon |
which one of our most popular
varieties has been built. AS they |
aud the Buff Wyandottes are so
close of kin, we will tell of their |
origin together. Our way of build
ing these new breeds is, to say the |
least. most awkward. We mix up
and cross together many breeds.
Several persons at work on the
same variety make use of different !
crosses, and several of the best
produced in these many ways are
joined, simply multiplying the num-
Der Of crosses, and then we wonder
at the results.
Were it possible to induce each
breeder who builds a new breed to