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have a female breed both sexes of a remarkable quality. When two 

 pens are used, at the head of the pen mated to produce the cockrels 

 place a fully developed cock with no serious fault, standard color, 

 especially strong in comb, lobe, hackle, and saddle, a dark undercolor 

 preferred. To him mate hens of a shade darker than standard, with 

 small, evenly serrated, standing combs; a trifle brick color on wings is no 

 objection, as it will give a brighter color on wing bows of the cockerels. 

 Shafting on the back will also help the black stripe in the saddles. 

 The pullets raised from this pen will be too dark for exhibition, but 

 they will be a great help in breeding cockerels the next season. The 

 male at the head of the pen mated to produce the pullets should be 

 from a pullet strain, and bred directly from an exhibition hen. 

 His color is a trifle light; comb large, bnt evenly serrated, 

 if thin near the top, all the better; hackle, well striped (see 

 fig. 21), but none in saddle; undercolor of hackle and saddle 

 may be light gray or white; wing bows should show more purple than 

 red, as too much red shows signs of being bred from a "bricky" hen. To 

 him mate exhibition females having light brown penciled with darker 

 brown on back and wings, all one shade, free from shafting on back and 

 brick color on wings. These hens should have the large comb, lying 

 over but firm and strong on the head, so it does not lie close to the eye 

 and face. The cockerels raised from this mating are the birds to use 

 for breeding females the next year. By breeding Brown Leghorns in 

 this manner we have two distinct lines of blood, and they should never 

 be crossed. 



Fig. 



-Buff Leghorn cockerel. 



