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known and sold as American Sebrights, Excel- 

 siors, Ambrights, etc. They are a little smaller 

 than the Plymouth Rocks, the cock weighing 

 8%, hen 6%, cockerel 7%, pullet 5% pounds. 

 They have yellow skin and shanks. As pro- 

 ducers of broilers to weigh two pounds apiece 

 they are highly esteemed. The hens are excel- 

 lent sitters and make good mothers. In this re- 

 spect they closely resemble the Plymouth Eocks. 

 The Wyandottes have a neat and trim appearance, 

 are good-sized, produce excellent flesh, and have 

 a gentle disposition. They are generally called 

 handsome fowls. In appearance, they are some- 

 what neater than the Plymouth Eocks. In ful- 

 filling the demands of the farmer for the eco- 

 nomical production of both eggs and meat the 

 Wyandottes are not wanting. Joseph Wallace 

 says, "It should not be claimed that the Wyan- 

 dottes, in quality and quantity of breast meat, 

 equal the Dorking, Houdan or Gi-ame." Neither 

 do they equal the Leghorns or the Minorcas in 

 egg -production, yet they are excellent general- 

 purpose fowls. They are called good layers and 

 bear confinement well. They are hardy, both as 

 mature fowls and when young. They have a 

 low rose-comb, which makes them well suited to 

 a cold country. They are well feathered and 

 attractive in appearance. 



The object of the originators of this breed 



