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meat for the table. But for laying we prefer medium-size type, as shown in 

 lllustnition No. 20. That there is reason to guard this variety from mal- 

 formation, the following interview may be (juoted between the Editor of the 

 Poultry Colunui of the Daily Telegraph and Mr. J. H. Hemsworth, who, 

 in addition to being a successful exhibitor of this variety for thirteen years 

 ;nid winning the Daihj Telegrapli Cup for Wyandottes, is a show fancier 

 pure and simple, never having entered these egg-laying competitions. Mr. 

 Hemsworth said : — 



Ten years ago we were breeding better and truer Wj'andottes— that is, they were 

 decidedly better in type on the average than they are to- day. Of course, they were 

 nothing like what they are now in lacing — the open lacing had not reached its present 

 jierfection ; but we are undoubtedly sacrificing type for feather, and if this goes on the 

 breed will go down. I must say that this has been the fault with almost every bird 

 imported fi-om England for the past two years. Of course, we have been following 

 England, and it is time for us to pull ourselves up. I have found that on the average 

 the birds imported from America have been better in tyj^e — fine, l)ig, blocky birds, but 

 without the open lacing that we want to win here. 





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No. 15. Minorcas. W. T. Ely. 



The judges ought to pay more attention to type. (Som"^, of the winning- 

 birds in the Poultry Club show coukl not be beaten for lacing, but they are 

 not Wyandottes in type. If we continue to encourage these leggy, small- 

 l)odied, hollow-chested birds, they will get further and further away from 

 what a Wyandotte should be, and tend to the downfall of the Silver Wyan- 

 dotte. Silver Wyandottes, like the Black Orptinglon, are selected crosses 

 formed of the Asiatic Brahma and the Eurojjean Hamburgh, the progenitoi-s 

 being both noted for laying capacity. 



Buff Orpingtons. 



Buff Orpingtons have had a great fight with the fancier, who has nearly 

 beaten them, by demanding buffs throughout, including tail, such birds generally 

 beating good birds with black in tail. The Buff" Orpington can be bred to 

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