THE POULTRY YARD. 



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For Export. 



Game. British, Australian, Indian and others Heavy, 



rich flesh and full breasts ; 

 capacity for egg laying, 

 470; best year, 100; good 

 mothers ; weigh up to 91bs. 

 Dorkings. Silver grey, 

 white legs and five toes; 

 eggs white ; capacity, 500 ; 

 best year, 120 ; weigh up 

 to lOlbs. Rocks. Ash grey, 

 towards black ; supposed to 

 be cuckoo with Asiatic, 

 hardy and domestic; egg 

 capacity, 400 ; best year, 

 110; weigh up to 9 Ib. and 

 are excellent foragers and 

 good mothers. Dominiques. 

 Lighter than Rocks ; flesh 

 finer ; not so hardy ; egg 

 capacity about same. Lang- 

 shans. Termed "black cochins," and have feathered legs ; 

 good winter layers; capacity, 380 ; best year up to 100; flesh 

 firm and fair; weigh up to 10|lbs. ; are poor foragers. 

 Orpingtons. Black, bronzed, supposed cross of minorca 

 with langshans ; clean legs; egg capacity about the same 

 as langshans ; hardy ; excellent flesh and good mothers ; 

 weigh up to lOlbs. There are, also, buff and white 

 Orpingtons ; all are fair foragers. Brahmas. Light and 

 dark; flesh, coarser; egg capacity, 350; best year, 100; 

 \\eigh up to lllbs. ; poor foragers and delicate. Cochins. 

 Buff, white, dark ; feathery legs ; flesh poor ; egg 

 capacity, 300; best year, 60; weigh up to 121bs. ; poor 

 foragers, great eaters, and lazy. La Fleche. A noted 

 French breed, of the Spanish type, have proved delicate 

 and inferior in Australia. 



Crosses for Table Birds. Game give weight and quality 

 of flesh. Game with dorkings are hardy, have light- 

 coloured legs and weigh up to 91bs. Houdan-dorkings are 

 suitable, and make good cross for eggs and table birds. 

 Houdan-orpingtons are suitable, also Iloudan-game. The 



