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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



together with her excellent laying qualities, 

 makes her a very useful fowl to have on a 

 farm. After repeated trials, I am convinced 

 that for the average man there is much better 

 profit in eggs than in chickens. On many a 

 farm a flock of Yokohamas would pick up half 

 their living, during a considerable portion of 

 the }'ear, from what would otherwise be 

 wasted, and if given half a chance, they will 

 produce a great number of eggs in the winter 

 months, especially the Blue or Black-reds." 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Small, but inclined to be long 

 and tapering. Beak : Strong and curved. Eyes : 

 Bright and full. Comb : Single or pea, small and 

 even. Face : Of fine texture. Ear-lobes : Small, 

 oval or almond shape, and fitting closely. Wattles : 

 Round and small, in keeping wth the comb and 

 ear-lobes. 



Neck. — Long, and furnished with long, flowing 

 hackle. 



Body. — Breast : Full and round. Back : Long 

 and tapering towards the tail. Wings : Long, and 

 carried rather low but close to the sides. 



Tail. — As long and flowing as possible, with a 

 great abundance of side hangers, the sickle and 

 coverts narrow and hard, and the whole tail forming 

 a graceful curve and carried somewhat low. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Of medium length, and 

 the shanks fine. Toes : Four on each foot. 



Carriage. — Stvlish and pheasant-hke. 



Weight.— 4* ib. 



HEN 



The general characteristics of the hen are similar 

 to those of the cock, allo-\ving for the natural sexual 

 differences. (Note. — To emphasise two of the chief 

 points of the breed it may be said that the hen's 

 back must be long and tapering to the tail and 

 furnished with long saddle-hackles, and that the 

 tail must be very long and carried horizontally, the 

 two top feathers gracefully curved, and the coverts 

 sickle-Uke.) 



Weight.— 2 1 lb. 



COLOUR 



THE DUCKWINGS (GOLD AND SILVER) 



The colour of these two varieties is the same 

 as in typical Modern Game fowls of those colours, 

 but all black feathers must have a beetle - green 

 sheen. 



THE SP.^NGLED 



Beak : Horn. Eyes : Ruby red. Comb, Face, 

 Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : 

 Slate or willow. 



Plumage of the Cock. — Black and white. Neck- 

 hackle : White, each feather at its base having a 

 narrow black stripe down the centre. Breast, Thighs, 

 and Fluff : Black, each feather being tipped with a 

 crescent of white. Back : White. Saddle-hackle : 

 White next to the wing, then slightly striped with 

 black, the stripes gradually becoming heavy as they 



near the tail. Wings : Bow, white ; bar, black, 

 with a white lacing ; secondaries, white, and black 

 on the inner web, which is seen only when the wings 

 are opened. Tail : Black, the lower coverts having 

 a distinct white lacing. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Hackle : White striped 

 with black. Breast and Thighs : White. Back : 

 White, shghtly pencilled or laced with black. Tail : 

 Black, coverts evenly laced all round with white. 



THE WHITE 



Beak : White or yellow. Eyes, Comb, Face, 

 Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : 

 White or yellow. 



Plumage. — Pure snow white, free from any straw 

 tinge. 



OTHER VARIETIES 



Note. — The foregoing are the principal varieties, 

 and others are not sufiiciently numerous to warrant 

 description. The above colours and marldngs are 

 ideal, but in Yokohamas not so much value is 

 attached to these points as to general type and 

 the quaUty and length of tail and hackles. 



SCALE OP POINTS 



Type and condition .. .. .. ..25 



Tail : quaUty and length . . . . . . . . 25 



Hackles : quality and length . . . . . . 20 



Colour . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 



Head 10 



Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 



Legs and feet . . . . . . . . . . S 



Serious defects : More or less than four toes on 

 each foot ; wry tail ; humped back ; crooked 

 breast. 



The Lakenvelder fowl has only been 

 known in England since 1901, but appears to 

 be of considerable antiquity in both Holland 



and northern Germany. There was 

 Lakenvelders. a curious legend that it hailed from 



Jerusalem, but the best informed 

 German fanciers have never doubted that the 

 breed originated in the same stock as the 

 Campine or Braekel. There has been some 

 discussion whether the name should be spelt 

 as above, or Lakenfelder, which is the German 

 spelling. The pronunciation should be the 

 same in either case, as /, and the v may lead 

 to some mistake ; but on the other hand it 

 is to be noted that English stock was imported 

 from Holland, and English fanciers Rave 

 adopted the Dutch standard of a black saddle 

 in the cocks, whereas the Germans prefer white 

 or striped ; hence the Dutch spelling helps to 

 keep the true standard definite and clear. 



While at a first glance the Lakenvelder 

 gives one the idea of Leghorn type, closer 

 scrutiny soon makes it clear that it truly 



