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BREEDS OF POULTRY 



" Breed " is also used to designate both shape and variety color, 

 yet in such cases the proper distinction has been partially over- 

 looked. This error is especially pronounced in the Orpington 

 breed; there the tendency has been to create new varieties at a 

 sacrifice of shape, it being quite common to find Buff Orping- 

 tons with a buff color, but representing anything but the 

 Orpington shape (Fig. 40). Another example is among White 

 Wyandottes. There are many white, rose-comb birds commonly 

 called Wyandottes which possess Pl>nnouth Rock shape. The 

 aim should be to eliminate this fallacy as much as possible and 

 breed true to body shape and breed type, as well as to variety color. 



The standard weights of the breeds are given in Table III. 



Table III.— Standard Weights. 



Cla 



American class: 



Plymouth Rocks . . . 



Wyandottes 



Javas 



Dominiqvies 



Rhode Island Reds . 



Buckeyes 



Asiatic class: 



Brahmas 



Cochins 



Langshans 



Mediterranean class: 



Leghorns 



Minorcas 



Spanish 



Blue andalusians . . 



Anconas 



Enghsh class: 



Dorkings 



Redcaps 



Orpingtons 



Cornish 



French class: 



Houdans 



Crevecoeurs 



La Fleche 



Faverolles 



Continental class: 



Campines 



93^ 



83^ 



93^ 



7 



8^ 



9 



12 

 11 



93-^ 



53-^ 

 9 

 8 

 6 



5K2 



10 

 10 



7^ 



73^ 

 5 



63^ 

 63-i 



93^ 



4 



73^ 



5 



43^ 



'V2 



61^ 



8 

 6 



IV2 



4I2 



73^2 



6K' 



5 



4H 



0^2 

 6 



8^2 



8 



63^ 

 7 



73^2 

 7 



33^ 

 63/^ 

 53^ 

 4 



5H 



6^ 



bVo 



The above weights are standard. They are those required by the American Poultry 

 Asaouation as specified in the American Standard of Perfection. 



