-« Nov., 1907.] 



The Silver Dorking. 



677 



-which have been compiled from tlie latest returns, will give some idea of 

 the exports of other countries : — 



EXPORT TRADE OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES. 



* Nine montlis only, March to December, 1906. 



t Tlie figures given with respect to exports fiom France do not agree with tlie British Trade and 

 Navigation Returns, which show tlie following values for 1906 :— Eggs, £623,119 Poultry, £203,714 ; 

 Total, £826,835. 



X Taken from the Trade and Navigation Returns, 1906. 



Europe 

 Africa 

 America 

 Australasia 



Eggs. 



^18,026,228 



406,745 



364,890 



121,268 



/i8,qi9,i3i 



Poultry. 



^4,841,278 



628 



304,806 



6,662 



^5.1533374 



Total. 

 ^22,867,506 



407,373 

 669,696 

 127,930 



^24,072,505 



THE SILVER DORKINCI. 



H. V. Haivkins, Poultry Expert . 



Silver Dorkings are pre-eminently English fowls, and take their 

 name from the old-fashioned town of Dorking, in Surrey, which is the 

 great centre of their production. Dorkings are fine, handsome birds of 

 much avoirdupois, some of the male birds weighing 14 lbs. each, and in 

 tenderness and succulence there is no fowl to equal them. In colour 

 they vary from white to silver-grey and dark, but in all cases the skin 

 and legs are white, two very necessary points for the table. A peculiarity 

 of all Dorkings is that they have five toes on each foot. It is a breed 

 of which England is rightly proud, and it is held in high esteem as the 

 farmers' all-round utility fowl. It is also recognised by all the leading 

 authorities as the breed -par excellence for crossing purposes, and in 

 addition it is a splendid layer, very many reaching 175 eggs per annum. 



