170 THE AMERICAN BREEDS O'F POULTRY 



weak, washy birds. You get what you want by putting color in; 

 by having an excess of color and producing the ideal bird as it 

 works its way out. 



Brassiness is a characteristic fault of males. Young cockerels 

 from a brassy sire will not show the defect at once, but as the show 

 season approaches and they get their winter coat of plumage, the old 

 fault will appear, and it will become accentuated in the spring and 

 summer, when sunshine and rain working alternately on the feathers 

 cause the plumage to rust. The way to get rid of brass is to quit 

 breeding it; to get a male that is silvery-white on top, 



First Prize Blue Plymouth Rock Hen, 

 Chicago, December, 1919. 



