Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-06
BUFF VARIETY IS
EASY To BREED
Fancier Who Brought First
of Strain to This Country
Gives Some Facts.

II Is now more than eleven years since
brought into this country the first ORR
ingtons. an fine varieties. says Mr.. Wal
lace P wmett. of East Orange, \ J.
published the eorpington" for two or
three years and later helped form the
American orpington cluh and to boom
the Orpiugton into notice. fl spite Of
some Of the criticisms Of an Eastern edi-
tor at that time. that the Orplngton, a
white,leg and flesh fowl, could never sup
plant the generations back. yellow-leg
fowl If Massachusetts AS I read the
poultry papers TODAY after ten years ex-
plotting Of the Orpiugton. I feel that they
have fought good fight thus far. and
have by no means fnisheA their course.
admire the pluck and push Of Mr. Kel-
lerstrass. who, with printers Ink mainly.
has brought the White orplngtons TO tho
front
The Black and Buff Orpingtons were
the real orplngtons. originated by Wh-
han, Cook. sr-, for best all around quail
ties; and with me they hold that position
today His later originations Of the .hlbi
lee and spangied varieties have not met
with such favor as he anticipated they
vyould. Each year rsise few Of all
varieties, but my main stock is now
Eufs. which SUIT my eye and satisfy my
ambition best, and they have proved quite
as hardy as the Barred Plymouth Rocks,
which, in my opinion. are their only
worthy competitors
HAVING bred all tho varieties OF Orping
tens during the past ten years, my ex-
perfenoe with them has led me first 70
discard the Whites followed by the
Blacks and 10 raise only a pen or two Of
Diamond Jubilees and Spangled for fur
Their development I now pin my faith 20
the Bluffs, which grow more in my favor
each year and ] believe ! can foresee
that tho Buff Orpington win prove the
variety that viii outclass all other va
rieties and breeds In the end i have
little faith IN the long continuance Of the
boom in White OrpinRtons 7 note that
nv view here expressed appears to have
worked itself out across the water a
recent article in the poultry press SAYS.
"The Orpingtons cat Paris France,
Poultry SHOVE far exceeded any other
breed in numbers and the Buffs were "a
we're 2s3 Orpingtons tBuffs 49, Blacks
es Whites n. Jubilee or Spangled 50.
The Orpingtons had q room all to them
selves and made quite a creditable dis
play" "A similar pro rata classification Of
orpingtons in America is not far in the
future
The Bluffs are now very easy for breed
ing perfection in the pullets, but the
males still lag behind and era oler-
Jacks" for the shows are lacking In guam
tity and bring big prices The breeding
OF pure bun color males In any breed IS
a question in which lovers Of the beauti
fui in poultry ara all interested.
MATING to Secure Color.
Unfortunately Il does not follow IN ex-
perienoe that pure huff male mated
with a pure bun female will produce
pure bur chicks. especially cockerels. In
most cases there are more or less part
white feathers in wing or tail Some
other mating seems necessary to secure
best results This new method may be
the "Mendel Law system, so-caled
viii not attempt here TO give the why's
and wherefores Of the Mendel system
but simply It's process, which ! am now
trying with a few pairs Of Bun
Begin by mating pure bum male with
q few hens that snow Nhlte ieethefN, ano
II the progeny show white feathers, dis
card the male, but II they do not show
white feathers keep the male for breed
ing Male also a pure huff female with
male that shows feathers and discaro
the hen II the progeny show white. but
IL the progeny show no white feathers
keep the hen for breeding The tested
male Is then mated TO the tested female
and IL Is claimed that the basis for
fock az pure hun males and females i.
thus started / believe, however. that Il
may necessitate a number Of trials he
fore the required male and female are
found-Winett in a. =. J.