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blood amongst the Crcsl and Crcsl-breds at 

 tliat time. I have had very good results from 

 double huffnig with a view to increasing size 

 and tightening up feather. One season I 

 paired a Heavily Variegated Buff cock, good 

 type, quality, and size — in fact, a show bird, 



marked hen. I sold the latter to a friend, who 

 bred some good birds, with plenty of size ; in 

 fact, he said one was the largest he had ever 

 bred. The following season I had another nest 

 from this same pair, and got another Clear Buff 

 cock. This bird was never exhibited as an 



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THE NORWICH PLAINHEAD OF TWENTY YEARS AGO. 



but being heavily-marked told against him — 

 to a good Clear Buff hen, except that she was 

 a little slack in feather on the back. From 

 them I got three birds ; one a Clear Buff cock 

 of grand type and excellent quality, he also 

 came out a grand colour, and did a good bit of 

 winning ; the other two were hens, one a Clear 

 Butt, good type and quality, from which I 

 bred a winner, and the other a nice Buff- 

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unflighted ; but he did a good bit of winning 

 for me afterwards, taking 1st at Nottingham, 

 1905 and 1906. In the latter year I showed 

 this bird eight times, and he took seven firsts, 

 and an H.C. 



" As another instance of double buffing, JMr. 

 Vardy, of Hucknall, bred a Bull Green from 

 two Buffs ; it was a cripple in one foot. Mr. 

 Vardy thought it was a hen and sold it as such ; 



