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been many bred up to the present time, and any breeder who 

 has one, would not sell him under any consideration. 



I will now give you an easy and safe method for producing 

 a stay white strain of White Orpingtons, and one by which the 

 males will stand the weather the year around, after a few 

 years of careful breeding. Select a White Orpington hen, one 

 that has been tested as a breeder, and that you know has bred 

 some of your best stay-white stock. Now, mate her with one 

 of the best Black Orpington cock birds that can be obtained for 

 type, making sure that he is a tested breeder. After mating 

 this pair, set all the eggs she lays after they run uniform in 

 size. After the chickens are matured from this mating, pick 

 out the cockerel that shows the best all around Orpington type 

 and best bone, and also pick out the best pullet with regard to 

 Orpington type and good bone. Now the cockerel and pullet 

 will be own brother and sister. After they are fully matured, 

 from eleven to twelve months old, they should be mated, and 

 you should set all the eggs you can from this mating. You 

 will find they will breed you three colors of chickens ; a pur,; 

 black, a pure white, and a mixed color. About one out of 

 every three to five eggs hatched will come pure white, and they 

 will always breed and stay white. From this mating one 

 should raise six to eight whites. The best white cockerel you 

 raise from this mating should be mated back to his mother 

 and from this mating you will produce a number of cockerels 

 that are free from brass in their plumage. These white cock- 

 erels are badly in-bred by being bred from brothers and sis- 

 ters, and then back to their mother. Now you must have new 

 blood which should be secured by getting two more white hens 

 that are tested breeders of the same strain as the first hen, if 

 possible, select the best cockerel that shows the best type, bone 

 and color and start line breeding as described in the chart on 

 another page, and you will produce a strain of White Orping- 



