LAWS GOVERNING THE BREEDING 
CHAPTER IV 
Penciled, Double Laced and 
Stippled Breeds 
EB BRS 
*88N the penciled and stippled varieties 
~ of fancy fowls there is a decided sim- 
V5 ilarity in the laws which govern them. 
Swe This similarity leads the investigator 
to the belief in one original source. They are 
therefore related, as their many similar charac- 
teristics prove, yet with sub-laws controlling the 
differences between penciling and stippling. The 
main law which proves their relationship is 
the fact that the males of all penciled and stippled 
breeds or varieties must have black breasts and 
bodies. This is an imperative law as regards 
these breeds and cannot be transgressed if one ex- 
pects favorable results. To illustrate: a certain 
well known fancier and friend conceived the idea 
of a penciled Brown Leghorn with male penciled 
in every section like female. The result of six 
years of effort shows the impossibility, as every 
male comes with black breast and body. I am 
absolutely positive that he can breed till the crack 
of doom and not produce a penciled breed with 
males having penciled breasts and bodies. He is 
working contrary to the laws governing penciled 
or stippled breeds. Yet in seeming disregard to 
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