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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



White Wyandottes. — This is a very promising variety of this popular breed. They 

 have all the good points of the Silver Laced, with the advantage of dressing better for 

 market on account of the white pin feathers not showing so darkly as in the case of the 



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Fig. 9. — White Wyandottes. 



Silver Laced or Golden varieties. The chicks are hardy and grow well. The pullets- 

 begin to lay at five and a half to six months, and are good layers of a medium sized 

 egg. The cockerels mature early and make good market chickens. A cockerel hatched 

 on 30th May, weighed on 2nd October following 4 pounds. 



Dorkings. 



Dorkings. — The Dorkings are, perhaps, one of the best known and appreciated 

 breeds extant, on account of their superior table qualities. They are a breed that 

 should be sought for by all who wish to put fowls of superior flesh properties on the 

 market. There are three varieties in this country, viz., the Coloured, Silver Gray and 

 White. These all possess the same excellent qualities for the table, and the females 

 are fair layers of an egg of good size. Mr. Allan Bogue, the well known poultry 

 breeder of London, Ont., speaks very highly of them, and says they ought to be much 

 more extensively bred for market. 



