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and beards ; V" s haped, leaf-like combs ; white ear lobes ; shanks pinkish while 

 mottled with black, five toes on each foot ; are good layers, equaling Leg- 

 horns in dry sunny situations ; make good poultry, not suited to American 

 markets because of its color. Standard weights, cock 7 Ibs., cockerel 6 Ibs., 

 hen 6 Ibs., pullet 5 Ibs. 



ENGLISH CLASS. 



90. Dorkings. A delicate (except on a large, well drained range) meat 



breed ; inferior layers of eggs of medi- 

 um color and size ; sitters ; bodies long, 

 wide, deep ; five toes on each foot. 



WHITE DORKINGS. Fig. 73. The 

 Standard weights are: cock 7^ Ibs., 

 cockerel 6^ Ibs., hen 6 ibs., pullet 5 

 Ibs. ; rose comb ; red ear lobes. 



Fig. 73. White Dorking Hen. 

 (By courtesy of "Poultry," England). 



SILVER GRAY DORKINGS. Fig. 74. 

 Standard weights, cock 8 Ibs., cockerel 

 7 Ibs., hen 6^ Ibs., pullet 5^ Ibs.; 

 single combs ; ear lobes, red preferred ; 

 in color resemble Duck wing Leghorns. 



COLORED DORKINGS. - - Standard 

 weights, cock 9 Ibs., cockerel 8 Ibs., 

 hen 7 Ibs., pullet 6 Ibs. ; combs either 

 single or rose ; red ear lobes preferred ; 

 colors richer and deeper than in the last 



named variety, the white of which is replaced by a straw color tending to 



black red. Colored Dorkings are bred 



to a fixed type only in shape. 



91. Orpingtons. A new English 

 breed. Hardy; general purpose fowl. 

 The breed was made especially for 

 practical purposes, to produce eggs and 

 meat. American breeders interested 

 in fowls of that class, and disposed to 

 experiment with Orpingtons are advised 

 that such experiments are not apt to 

 prove profitable. Without disparaging 

 this breed at all it may be said that it 

 cannot compete here with the Ameri- 

 can breeds of the same general class. 

 Poultry keepers who want a good prac- 

 tical fowl different from anything their 



Fig. 74. Silver Gray Dorking Cock. 



