AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



tapers to a fine point near the extremity of the 

 feather. 



Golden-Laced Wyandottes are the same as the 

 Silver-Laced, except that golden bay takes the place 

 of white in their plumage. 



Silver-Penciled Wyandottes have the same kind 

 of plumage as the Dark Brahma. This variety, as 

 well as the Laced, are beautiful and practical fowls. 



Partridge Wyandottes have the same color and 

 markings as the Partridge Cochin. 



Black Wyandottes are black in all sections and 

 are rarely bred. 



Columbian Wyandottes. The latest addition to 

 the Wyandotte family. Immensely popular from 

 the start, mostly because they deserve it, but partly 

 because of the craze for new varieties. In color 

 they are counterparts of the old Light Brahma; 

 otherwise they do not differ from the other varie- 

 ties of 'Dottes. 



Rhode Island Reds are not a strictly " new " 

 breed, but they have been recognized in the Amer- 

 Rhode Island ^ can Standard of Perfection for only 

 Reds a comparatively few years. They 



are a general-purpose breed; fair layers of brown 

 eggs; medium in size, sitters. Standard weights, 

 cock, 8j4 pounds; cockerel, yj^ pounds; hen, 

 6 l / 2 pounds; pullet, 5 pounds. There are both 

 rose-combed and single-combed varieties, the lat- 

 ter being the most common. 



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