. Le manuel de la volaille. Un guide complet pour l'éleveur et exposant ... sun était attribuée à elle. Ses qualités, goodtable la ponte prolifique, son docilityand la capacité de résistance au froid, le fait qu'il aurait tout climat, propre ou sale, et regardez bien si il pleut à andunwashed, etc., étaient en plein essor. Le immediatedemand pour spécimens a été énorme, et chaque ferme-cour scovued a été de trouver des oiseaux noirs que hap-pened d'avoir rose-peignes et traces de jaune dans theleg, qui ont été pris en charge à tuer-prix et vendu pour fabuloxis attimes presque sommes. Avec ces spécimens divers

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. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... sun were ascribed to it. Its goodtable qualities, prolific egg-laying capacity, its docilityand hardiness, the fact that it would stand any climate, clean or dirty, and look well though uncared for andunwashed, etc., were boomed sky-high. The immediatedemand for specimens was enormous, and every farm-yard was scovued to find any black birds which hap-pened to have rose-combs and traces of yellow in theleg, which were picked up at killing-prices and sold attimes for almost fabuloxis sums. With these miscellaneous specimens bred in anyhaphazard fashion, Wyandotte cockerels of variouscolours were mated. Dark Golds, Partridges, SilverPencilled or Silver Laced were used, while those whohad Black cockerels mated them to White Wyandottepullets; or White cockerels were mated to Black Rocks, and produced some of the best specimens. Many birdsthus bred were exhibited and carried off prizes as pureWyandottes, and not a few with such alien blood asthe Black Orpington, Black Leghorn, or Indian Game. ?s I UO HOQ>^ <M n EH AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 413 found themselves with honours or prizes as Wyandottes !All had more or less pretence to black plumage, butwhen bred together all known colours were produced, and among the very best, and from eggs readily soldat 42s. a dozen, there were more white specimens thanblack. Other varieties of Wyandottes have had amixed parentage, but the Black caps the lot. Birdswere rapidly imported from America or Holland, wherethey had been fostered for years; some of the bestrealizing ^£100 apiece! A Club was formed, and at the time of writing hasover 130 members, and its year-book, which can beobtained for 3d from the Hon. Sec, Mrs. Bury, ofLomber Hey, High Lane, Cheshire, is one of thebest year-books ever published, and is illustrated withphotographs of recent winners. Some are wonderfullytrue to Wyandotte type and are sound in colour, whileothers look for all the world li

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