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great importance and it should always be parallel with the 

 ground. 



The breast should stand out prominently and show good 

 width at front and sides and especially should it show well 

 rounded lines blending gracefully into the neck and easing 

 neatly to the lower portion of the body. 



The body of this bird should be strictly on horizontal lines. 

 The King was never intended to be a bird of vertical lines and as 

 shape makes the breed these horizontal lines have made the 

 King an entirely separate breed. Strictly speaking the King 

 is a very compact bird in Ijody and should breed very close to 

 the standard especially in this respect. Breed for a medium 

 length bird AS'ith Inroad, deep and well rounded body. Be sure 

 that there is correct depth from Ijack to keel and that the keel 

 is straight. 



The legs should be of medium length and straight. In color 

 they should he lirjght red. No feathering on shanks and toe? 

 is allowed by the present standard! and the hock feathers should 

 round nicely at the knee and be the lowest feathers on the bird's 

 body. Strive to overcome duck legs and by no means allow 

 stilted legs. Botli are very objectionable to say the least. Legs 

 shoidd be of good size and in proportion to the weight of the bird. 



The White King is a close feathered bird and should be bred 

 accordingly. A great many persons are inclined to believe the 

 opposite, however, they are laboring under a false impression. 

 Loose feathering is not desired at all. 



This breed is an excellent squab producer of white skin 

 squabs that will average a pound each when dressed. They 

 are prolific breeders and our experience has been that an 

 average pair of these birds will throw eight andl nine pairs of 

 squabs per year and it has been my pleasure to own birds that 

 had much better records than this. They are excellent parents, 

 being ever attentive to their young and seeing to it that they 

 are properly fed at all times. I must say that in my experience 

 with this breed I have found very few poor feeders. They are 

 very easily made tame and for that reason we find very few 



