Farmer and stockbreeder (1920) (14755116116)

Identifier: farmerstockbreed3321unse (find matches)

Title: Farmer and stockbreeder

Year: 1889 (1880s)

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Publisher: London

Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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voided. If one has the lightlemon buffs there is more likelihood of whitefeathers and mealiness in the young stock, and ifwe get tco much on the dark side there is achance- of getting black in the tail, but of thetwo the latter is far preferable. COLOOB OF PLUfAlESome excellent breeders have very deep bronzefeathers in the tail. The great thing is that thestock birds should be of one even shade o; l)uflri-ht through—not one shade in the neck hackle,another on the back, still another on the wing,and the undei- i>arts light. Each feather sliouk!be buff to the skin, and the shaft of the featheras deep in colour. One cannot get a perfect biri,but at any rate the body plumage and vingflights should be absolutely sound to tho ekin,even if the neck hackle shows rather light to-wards the base of the feather and tho cock Lasa feather or two in the tail, so dark asto be nearly black and the hen showsa little dark peppering in the tail. Thebeak is sc^ircely as bright yellow as in the Barred

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Photo &y) Proporly nj Afoxsrs. J- ftKiwvi> /m 1/ » _ (Sport and General. —l«t Royal Show, Darlinnlon

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