Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-12-01

pFit0 on their breeding quailtles'
w. ONLY TRUE METHOD
The question Of the production Of
good buff color has been written Of,
we presume. more than any one
could tel, but those Who have pro
drccd the very be...'shade have
donez by the ;aieful selactihg Of
an even, true color IN both males
and females This is the only true
method to follow in The production
of any color we wish to establish
as true reproducing color The
mating of light and dark colors in
any breed is a mistake. The only
correct and positive method is to
mate together the proper colors,
and persistently follow this plan
year after year until the reproduc-
ing qualities are positively estab-
lished in your stock.
The Buff Leghorn Club has per-
sistently demanded clear, pure,
true buff color through and through
For this and good, true Leghorn
form they have contended till to-day
they have established in many
strains the true Leghorn type and
good surface color In under-color
they are somewhat defective.
Many bave tried to improve this
bv using males with black wing
bows and black-shaded tails.
This is a step backward. Far
better use the truest colored spec
linens to be had and mate them to-
getber. The male should be some
stronSbr in color than the females,
This is natural in all buff fowls.
A proper test is to compare the
color of breast feathers of each and
have the breast of the male a tull
shade deeper in color than the te-
male. Such matings properly fol-
Moved will gradually bring the
Tproper shade of under-color that is
the real foundation and strength OF
surfSee'color.
UNDER-CoLoR.
n The proper shade OF under-color
Rfuliy described in the wording OF
the Standard, /. e. 4: ''Under-color,
lighter shade than the surface
color and as free as possible of all
foreign color. All things being
equal, the specimen having the
richest under-colors hall receive the
preference. Some conclude that
this means that the deepest shade
of under-color shall win the prize.
Thi5is a.mistake. 1t is quite pos
sible for very light colored or
lemon buff specimen to have a most
beautiful under-cloor under the de-
mand that under-color shall be
lighter shade than the surface color.
The best and most perfect buff col
or Nthat which most closely con-
forms to the full text of the Stand
ard demand. A partial compliance
with the demand, or perfection in
any one section, is not a full COM
pliahce with the Standard demand.
ONE RESULT OF SCORING.
The use of the score card has
taught us that it is possible for
specimen to lose four on breast,
also four on back, and still stand
at the ninety mark, At the same
time a specimen so deficient in
these sections should be killed, but
it might be possible, for such
specimen to win a first over a
grand bird in all sections that
might have one off-colored feather
that had disqualified it to compete.
Tdxecome producers of the higher
quality we must get beyond these
simple, contracted opinions of the
unbalanced days of the fancy, and
rise to the higher plane of more
perfect and thorough all-round quail
: ity. The demand of utter de-
kstruction for one or two off-colored
Ffeathers in an otherwise splendid
all-round specimen is a relic of the
dsrker days of the fancy that is
ftst giving way to the better under
Standing of the true qualities of
highly perfection in all sections