. WHITE DORKINGS. 



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Mr. Newell, the owner of the Dorking fowl here represented, 

 in a subsequent communication, writes as follows : 



"The above portrait was drawn from life, and is a correct represen- 

 tation of my pure white Surrey Dorking rooster : these fowls have 

 long, round and large, plump bodies, with a broad, full chest, like a 

 'partridge. Both the crower and hen are invariably white, from bill 

 to toe. Abundant proof is furnished by Mowbray, W. B. Dickson, and 

 others. They have been the choice market fowl in England for the 

 last twenty years, and in this country they hold the same rank among 

 poultry which the Durhams do among cattle. They will produce 

 more weight in eggs and flesh, and of a better cpality, than any other 

 variety on the same amount of food ; and as sitters and mothers can- 

 not be surpassed by any other breed of fowls. Dr. E. Wight, of Mas- 



