OF STANDARD FOWLS 
tionate distribution of the black pigment. In 
white fowls the above trouble may, in most in- 
stances, be traced to breeding stock of short 
pedigree in which bloods evidently of color have 
been introduced. It is also a well known fact that 
some white breeds originated from sports of dark 
blood. The action of this dark blood has the same 
effect in white birds as the black pigment in black 
and white birds as outlined above, and cannot be 
eradicated until a sufficient number of years in 
line-breeding have elapsed to accomplish the clean- 
ing out of the dark blood. Take for instance the 
White Plymouth Rock or Wyandottes of well 
known long pedigrees. They are pure white, 
stay-white birds; yet the time was not so many 
years ago when. brassiness and creaminess in these 
same strains were grievous faults. The same can 
be said of our best strains of White Leghorns. 
Looking at the other side, we find much concern 
over a pure white, stay-white Orpington or White 
Langshan. Brassiness and creaminess are present- 
day abominations in these breeds, yet easily 
explainable by ‘just this simple fact of a short 
pedigree, or the fact that time enough has not 
elapsed since they were originated to have bred 
out the foreign or colored bloods by selection and 
inbreeding. Those who would succeed must pos- 
sess their souls in patience, as the successful 
breeders of other white breeds have done. They 
must strip their minds of all superstitions relative 
to yellow corn and such ilk, beliefs without tangi- 
ble or sufficient proof as many strains of pure 
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