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will persist in giving the blue riblioii to sm^tll, tluffy, clean-legged Black 

 (Jochins — I can call tliem nothing else — as has be-n don-! in several instances 

 in Sydney this autinnn, then the ruination of the breed is at hand. We all 

 know that this is the type that has come into favour in England, but I contend 

 that we here should not be dominated by the dictum of a country where show 

 is first and utility nowhere." It is only necessary for a leading breeder of a 

 variety to act in collusion with a leading judge of the same variety, not 

 criminal collusion, but coincidence of taste, to run a breed into a wrong 

 type, which is sometimes done unconsciously by the breeder — that is to say, 

 in Black Orjnngtons a breeder might get into ])ui-e Cochins without being 

 aware of the fact. 



No. 13. White Leghorns. Mrs. G. Atkinson. 



Silver Wyandottes. 

 This variety has made a good name in the tests. They will always be 

 justly celebrated, through the fact oi their great utility virtues being 

 primarily the cause of the initiation of these world renowned tests. The 

 three great champions of Silver Wyandottes, viz., Henry, Warren, and 

 Howell, each of whom were not disappointed in their favourites, all 

 abandoned the breed, so far as having themselves represented by them in the 

 competitions. Warren, however, has already returned, and, no doubt, Henry 

 and Howell will follow. Fowls of this variety are very sn)all consumers of food 

 for a big egg production. They are early maturers, and in the early autumn 

 and winter will equal, if not excel, anyotiier breed for egg production. They 

 are very hardy, and, away from show lacing, are easily bred to a moderate 

 colour. Illustration No. 20 represents a typical layer and is also the correct 

 type for the show pen, certainly not laced for exhibition, but of good medium 

 size and typical of the Wyandotte. Illustration No. 26 shows more of the 

 tableweight type, but, like the Black Oipington, they prove that it is possible 

 to put out 2,113 eggs for twent}-four months, and yet carry a good carcass of 



