THE CAMPINES 



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but is quite foreign to what Campine 

 experts agree is to be the Standard 

 for the breed. It is not Leghorn, nor 

 is it Hamburg, neither are its racy- 

 lines typical of the Campine. The 

 true Campine can be a better fowl 

 than the type toward which this 

 bird's lines digress. 



The temptation for greater size, 

 longer back, lower tail and white 

 lobes, if these be desirable, tempts 

 the short cut through other races 

 with its many disastrous results. 

 Short cuts are risky (even if any 

 rapid change could be conceived as 

 a possible improvement) in the 

 hands of any but old experienced 

 breeders. The Campines in their 

 purity are a truly wonderful race of 



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lines forming the sections turn too 

 squarely over bunches of fluff instead 

 of rounding nicely over plump, 

 fleshy portions, such as we find in 

 the best type of Campines. 



Campine Females 



The illustrations forming the 

 group of six Campine females tell 

 better than any words how extra- 

 ordinarily plump and well balanced 

 representative specimens of this 

 beautiful race can be. The last three 

 years of Campine history have re- 

 vealed to American fanciers qualities 

 which they could not resist. The at- 

 tractive qualities in the Campine hen 

 are destined to establish her as a 

 permanent institution on farms 



Fig-. 16 — Outline of a Campine male 



showing- a form of body that Is too 



_ _ _ coarse and clumsy, lacking the grace- 



fowls and any deviation from the i^.iasf [iTot squa/e an??f norr°ounde! where fowls enjoy unrestricted lib- 



genuine type should be regarded as in typical specimens. The plumage erty. Where poultry is kept on the 



. , . . , ., , ,, is too abundant and fluffy and too long . i „ t jr„„i „<^Aa-ni- tUo 



with suspicion, and if made at all, over the saddle.— F. L. Sewell. extensive plan, i feel conhdent tne 



records of their breeding should be 



kept with the utmost caution. The outline of male No. 

 IS shows a large, coarse type, too long for its depth. 

 The lines are too straight to be typical . for a Campine. 

 The head is too coarse and the size and drooping char- 

 acter of the lobes leads one immediately to suspect the 

 use of the blood of a large Mediterranean, by which the 

 economic habits and dependable blood lines of the profit- 

 able little Campine might easily be upset. 



Another diversion from the proper type is seen in 

 some exhibits of Campines, like No. 16, in which too 

 much fluff points to coarseness of flesh. Fineness of 

 flesh is a quality of considerable importance to be 

 guarded in the Campine. The day is coming in Amer- 

 ica when quality as well as quantity is going to de- 

 mand appreciative values. The length of plumage as 

 well as quantity or fluff are both points to guard against. 

 With added length of plumage will appear hackled 



Campine hen will prove a genuine 

 success. The group of females shows six high-class show 

 quality specimens representing the stock of four differ- 

 ent breeders whose strains are among the foremost. 

 The established beauties of the breed are clearly brought 

 out in these specimens. Few breeds could show more 

 distinct quality or more uniformity. 



The round, full eye of the Campine hen is one of 

 its strong, distinguishing characteristics. Its dark color, 

 with dark eye lids and its sparkling high light add to 

 its apparent size. 



The ear-lobe of the Campine is bluish white and 

 the truest of chalk white eggs may be expected. The 

 more red there is in the ear-lobe the less we can de- 

 pend on the fowl to produce white eggs. 



Another point in favor of the Campines is their 

 ability to produce eggs that are large at both ends, a 

 feature that is given extra value by a number of lead- 



saddle feathers, which would ruin the beauty of a ing Campine breeders. This quality is likely to create 



Campine. Too much fluff will ruin the quality and a special demand for the eggs and probably special 



the barring in the plumage. Moderate closeness of prices will be paid. It will be noted that the oval form of 



plumage is essential to the finest plumage and quahty the Campine body is similar to the shape of the symmet- 



of barring. In No. 16 the surfaces are too flat and the rical oval of their eggs. (See outline illustrations.) 



Group IV-^No. 17 shows the outline of a female that is too narrow and not deep enough to be typical. She is not 



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breast. 



pine beautiful or profitable. The comb" should' not be 'e?ect7but' should"lop" to onTsTde. "noV IF shows *a f'emale^th^^"li 

 over large and coarse and that is too loose or fluffy in plumage. This is a type too much inclined to make flesh feath- 

 ers and fat out of their food instead of turning it into eggs. — F. L. Sewell. "c»u, iciiu 



