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sickles well barred, we will not have injured the Cam- 

 pines in the least as to the egg producing qualities of 

 the breed, but we will then have an exceedingly hand- 

 some breed. 



We must watch the main sickles and lesser sickles, 

 however, and endeavor to keep them as free as possible 

 from quantities of white at base of feathers or large 

 splashes of white throughout these sickle feathers, as 

 this is an indication of throwing back the Belgian type 

 or of a fresh infusion of Belgian blood. 



If we increase the length of the sickle feathers too 

 rapidly and not by degrees the tendency is to throw 

 back to the markings of the Belgian type male as per 

 these white splashes in the sickles. 



If one takes a male like this approaching the Belgian 

 type and breeds with females that produce the whitest 

 eggs he will find that a large proportion of the females 

 produced from this mating will not lay as white an egg 

 as their parents, but will have a tendency to produce 

 tinted colored eggs. 



I mention this fact to show that the markings called 

 for in our Standard are not only the best for beauty 

 and easiest to reproduce from a single mating, but fe- 

 males bred from a strain that nearest fulfill the require- 

 ments of colored markings of the Standard are the ones 

 that produce the whitest eggs. 



Where we work for a long tail, however, we must 

 keep close to the Standard and produce a rather long, 

 straight back, slightly sloping to tail and not a curve, 

 as in some of the higher show type Leghorns. 



As to the barring of the feathers, both male and 

 female, it is best not to have the white bars too nar- 

 row, but whatever the width of the white bars is, the. 

 best effect and breeding qualities are secured when the 

 black Sar is about four times the width of the white bar. 



While the width of the bars is important, it is stil 

 more important that each bar be clear cut and well 

 defined and that the white bar does not run into the 

 black bar or vice-versa. 



The white bars should be white and the black bars 

 should be greenish black, without any tendency of an 

 intermediate bar. — M. R. Jacobus. 



Claims Finely Barred Males Produce Best Show 

 Females 



I think the tail of a male Campine should be car- 

 ried rather low and should be well furnished with long 

 curved sickle. While this is hard to get, yet I think it 

 is what we should have. 



As regards barring, I like the white bars rather 

 narrow, but not so fine that they cannot be easily seen 

 at a short distance, for if the white bars are not plainly 

 visible the beauty of plumage does not show at its best. 

 Excepting on breast feathers I think three bars on a 

 male about right. I enclose feathers from a male and 

 female that show off well. 



My experience has been that finely barred males 

 produce the best show females. 



Also find that the males produce more bars on fe- 

 males than on males. — A. D. Arnold. 



We cannot agree with Mr. Arnold in his last state- 

 ment. We refer the reader to feather chart accom- 

 panying this article and you will find that in each rela- 

 tive section the male has more bars on the feather than 

 the female, particularly in wing bow, wing bar, back 

 and saddle. Male's feathers are longer and naturally 

 have room for more bars. , 



