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beautiful dense black color is lost. The color should 

 not show any bronze tinge or white hairs, but be 

 dense black. To improve the color and hold it, cross- 

 ing a blue buck once in a while is necessary for good 

 results, and crossing a black buck to a blue doe 

 brings good results. The black blood should always 

 be the stronger in these crosses. Too much blue 

 blood is liable to make the eye color too light. 



The Blue comes next in point of popularity, and 

 is much harder to breed to color and will also fade 



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out much quicker than the black. By crossing the 

 black buck with the blue doe you will then strengthen 

 the blue color. The blue color is a sort of deep slate 

 blue. Only two or three good colored blue Dutch 

 are bred in this country in a whole year and they 

 will not hold their color for more than eighteen 

 months. Some of the palest youngsters develop into 

 the best adult ones. Watch the ears and eyes of the 

 blues very carefully, for some of them have pale 

 colored eyes containing specks, and ears that are pale 



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