66 HUBBARD S POULTRY SECRETS. 



They begin at the lower tail feathers first, and with their 

 thumb and forefinger they put a kink in the feather close to 

 the skin. They break down one side at a time. Every feath- 

 er should be broken on the same angle. With a little practice 

 one can get any angle to the tail he wants. A wry tail is 

 caused by roosting in a corner or against the side of the build- 

 ing. It is straightened the same way as you lower a tail. If 

 they carry the tail to the left, put a kink in tail feathers to 

 the right. By doing so the tail will look straight. If the bird 

 has a crooked back, this method will not help. That is one 

 thing they can't fake. 



COLOR FAKING. 



There is no color faked so much as the white color. To 

 get rid of the brass and creaminess in the male birds, the 

 things used to bleach white are bluing, peroxide, oxalic acid, 

 chloride of lime and ammonia. You will find how the dif- 

 ferent bleaches are used on another page where it gives the 

 method of washing a white bird. 



FAKING BLACK COLOR. 



Every breeder of Black color has purple barring to contend 

 with and a good many times your best bird has the most purple 

 barring. The amateur sends him to the show room and he 

 does not get in the money on account of too much purple bar- 

 ring. The same bird would wear the blue in the fakir's hands 

 for he would put him in the show room without any barr on 

 him. It is done in the following way : 



Melt a piece of beef suet about the size of a small apple, 

 and at the same time melt an equivalent quantity of lard. Pour 

 them together, and while hot stir in a teaspoonful of sulphur 



