Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-08-20
Still Talking About DOttes.

w. p. Kemp, New Albany, Ina.
in the Farmers Home Journal,
Louisville, defends the Wyandottes,
taking as his text an article on
"Objections to Wyandottes in July
FANCY Fowls, written by Mrs. j..
&c, Shofner, Bonneville, Tenn. Mr..
Kemp's article follows;
DEFENDING THE wYANDoTTEs.
"FANcY Fowls, edited by my
friend Chas. M. Meacham, Hopkins
vile, KY, came out this month with
a special number devoted to the
Wyandotte. Among the many in
teresting articles was one entitled,
COLLECTIONS to Wyandottes." The
writer says; 81, not being a breed
err of these, hardly feel competent
to cast reflections. However, hear
my neighbors, who are breeders,
complain of them being hard to
breed to standard requirements,
especially in the white and buff col
oring. 1t is very hardto get the pure
white throughout, without straw
on surface or cream under color.
have never been a believer in
circumstantial evidence, and many
poor, innocent soul has been
made to suffer for the guilty. l.,
therefore, rise in defense of the no.
BILE Wyandotte, which has been so
severely condemned on account of
circumstantial evidence. / admit
that the Wyandottes are hard to
breed to standard, but they are
no more so than many other breeds,
and especially the Plymouth Rocks.
The Plymouth Rocks are the older
and should be bred much nearer
standard than the Wyandottes,
but the scores at the leading shows
do not show it. Then, if they are
so hard to breed, why is it that they
score so highI l have never bred
either White Rocks or White Wyan
dottes, but have been closely con
nected with them for several years
being often called upon to selec
and score both varieties before tn,
winter shows, and / must say tina
l find as much straw and'cream un
der color in the Rocks as the Wyan
dottes.
"The Bluffs are equally as hare
to breed for standard coloring, t
avoid too many black feathers il
tail and wings"
In breeding show birds it is har,
to get any of the Buff varieties FIRE
from black feathers, but from eS
Perience / know it is no more S
with the Wyandottes than tn
Rocks, and one thing have learr
ed in breeding Bluffs is that it wi
not pay to breed birds that are to
close to standard requirements i
color, especially the males. If But
varieties of standard color ar
mated together the result will DE
lot of mealy-colored birds, but
you will mate a dark male wit
black ia tail and wings to standar
colored females the result will b
much more satisfactory.
Again the writer says: "The pi
feathers between the toes are somc
times on the best specimens to dis
qualify them, and are consequent
discarded from the show room. -
Well, this is a fact, but it is ais
a fact that this same trouble wi
be found e0 every other breed (eve
the Barred Rocks) and they ar
the oldest American breed, except
ing the Dominique; and strange
say, whenever there is afault of thi
kind it is always found on the bes
specimens. That the Wyandotte
have some faults 1 will not deny
but where they are deficient j
would be hard to say, and they ar
certainly as free from criticism a
any other breed, and will soon b
found atthe head Of the procession
There is no breed that is faultless
but the wyandottes approach yer.
nearly to it.