52 



POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



WEIGHTS OF MEAT AND BONE ON FOWLS OF 



Weight of meat on 

 fowl 6 mos. old 



Ibs. oz. grs. 



Barbezieux 4 10 92 



Cochins, buff 4 9 



Courtes Pattes 3 10 99 



Crevecceurs 4 9 66 



Dominiques 3 11 66 



Dorkings, silver-gray . . 5 4 282 



Du Mans 4 6 64 



Game, brown-red 3 15 233 



Hamburghs, pencilled . 1 15 335 



Hamburghs, spangled . 2 3 236 



Houdans 3 7 



La Bresse, gray 3 7 67 



La Bresse, black 3 7 375 



La Fleche 3 5 339 



Langshans 5 4 359 



Leghorns 3 15 233 



Polish, spangled 2 12 348 



There were evidently inaccuracies in the work on which 

 this table is based. The Leghorns are given a weight of 

 over six pounds. They were not the Leghorns that we 

 know to-day. It is evident, however, that breeds vary 

 greatly in respect to the point under consideration. It 

 would be instructive if the data could be extended to in- 

 clude our several American breeds. 



The table on p. 54 gives further data on this subject 

 from work at the Oregon station. The fowls used were 

 the Barred Plymouth Rock and White Leghorn, and first 

 crosses of those breeds: 



1 From ''Poultry-Keeping as an Industry for Farmers and Cot- 

 tagers, ' ' by Brown. 



