VARIETIRS OF DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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THE FAWN-COLORED DORKING. 



This is really a misnomer, the fowl commonly bearing this 

 name being a cross between the White Dorking and the Fawn- 

 colored Turkish fowl. The original imported hen, from which 

 this cross was made, is in possession of Pierce B. Fagen, M. 

 D., of Fort des Moines, Iowa. ^Though there has been some 

 variation heretofore in the plumage, and the color of the leg, 

 and the absence of the fifth toe, I shall hereafter breed them 

 with uniform plumage, white legs, and five toes. 



They are of lofty carriage, handsome and healthy. The 

 males of this breed weigh from eight to nine pounds, and the 

 females from six to seven pounds, and they come to maturity 

 early for so large a fowl. Their tails are shorter than other 

 Dorkings. Their flesh is fine, and their eggs rich, and darker 

 than those of other Dorkings. From the latter part of Febru- 

 ary to about the 20th of June, my Fawn-colored Dorking hen 

 laid 118 eggs, missing only three days in the time. 



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