14 WHITE DORKINGS. 



varied in color. Mowbray, Dickson, Maine, and other known authors, 

 contend that white is the true color for the purely-bred Dorking. 



"Mr. Nolan, of Dublin, in his recent work, speaking of the Chitta- 

 gong fowl, says that ' their plumage is speckled grey, and there is no 

 doubt of their being crossed on the Dorking, which fowl they resemble 

 in shape, and then produce what is denominated the grey Dorking.' 

 Here we have Mr. Nolan's assertion, who is considered one of the very 

 best informed men on poultry in the world, that the ' grey ' or ' speck- 

 led Dorking ' is nothing but a cross of the white Dorking with the 

 Malay or Chittagong. 



" A few so called ' speckled ' Dorkings have been imported from 

 England, latterly, by enthusiastic fanciers, but we are informed that 

 they give very little satisfaction, upon a more intimate acquaintance, 

 and that these gentlemen are ready to fall back upon their original 

 fowls, the white variety, after giving the others a fair trial. 



" There are very few varieties so highly prized as are these, and 

 none excel them for all the good qualities desired in a domestic fowl." 



The following is from Mr. H. V. N. Dimmick, a breeder 

 of experience at Hubbard's Corners, Madison Co., N. Y. He 

 refers to colored Dorkings in his allusion to Mr. Rotch's stock : 



''I was very much gratified to see a true description of the 'Dork- 

 ing fowl ' in the January number of the Northern Farmer ; so that 

 those who are anxious to obtain that very valuable fowl, may be the 

 better able to judge of what they are about to purchase. I have rais- 

 ed the ' Dorkings' some three or four years. I have them from both 

 Mr. Kotch and Dr. "Wight's stock ; and in regard to flesh, I think they 

 cannot be surpassed, nor even equaled, although I think they are not 

 as good as many other fowls in regard to laying properties alone, but 

 both combined, they are truly a valuable fowL" 



