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Title: The American pet stock standard of perfection and official guide to the American fur fanciers' association
Identifier: americanpetstock00amer (find matches)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: American fur fancier's association. (from old catalog); Wagner, J. Henri, 1881- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Rabbits; Guinea pigs; Rats; Mice
Publisher: (Washington, E. G. Torrey, printer)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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The CREAM should l)e just as its name indicates. The Englishman calls it "Devonshire" cream. It should not be too dark, as many of the creams are too near an orange color, rather than cream. The WHITE should be snowy white, with white ears and pink eyes. Being albinos, they almost invariably breed true to color, and when so bred they usually have very pretty ears. But when crossed with a dark-colored pig the ears will have a dirty appearance. This should be avoided. The CHOCOLATE cavy should be the color of a fresh cake of chocolate; uniformly colored over entire body, in- cluding ears, feet and toenails. The color should extend down the full length of the hair, right to the skin. The BLUE is not only the latest color produced in the self varieties, but the least perfected as well. The shades thus far presented are too slaty, and appear to be no more than faded l)lack. When finally perfected this will be one of the most beautiful colors obtainable in cavies.
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TORTOISE AND WHITE CAVY (C. A. House) The TORTOISE-SHELL is a rarity in the United States, and in fact I learn that it is not as popular in Eng- land as the TORTOISE-SHELL AND WHITE. In the former the colors should be red and black, while in the latter white is added. There should be absolutely no brin- dling of colors, that is to say, intermixing, and the patches 33

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