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hen 633; Colored Dorkings, cock 9 and hen 7; Red Caps, 
cock 7% and hen 6; Orpington, all varieties, cock 10 and 
hen 8; Polish, no weight requirements; Hamburgs, no 
weight requirements; Houdans, cock 7 and hen 6; Cre- 
vecoeurs, cock 8 and hen 7; La Fleche, cock 8!3 and hen 
71%4; Standard Games, no weight requirement; Cornish 
and White Cornish, cock 9 and hen 6%; Black Sumatras, 
no weight requirements; Black Breasted Red Malays, 
cock 9 and hen 7. Bantams are valued according to their 
smallness and are disqualified if they weigh a few ounces 
more than the standard weight. Bantam weights follow: 
All Game Bantams, cock 22 and hen 20 ounces; all Se- 
bright, Rose Comb, Booted White, Polish and Japanese 
bantams, cock 26 and hen 2? ounces; Brahma and Cochin 
bantams, all varieties, cock 30 and hen 26 ounces; Silkies, 
Sultans and Frizzlies, no weight requirement. 
The standard weights of turkeys are in pounds: Bronze, 
male 36 and female 25; Narragansetts, male 30 and fe- 
male 18; Slate and Black, male 27 and female 18; \Vhite, 
male 26 and female 16. 
The standard weight of ducks, in pounds: Pekins, Ca- 
yugas and Blue Swedish, drake 8 and duck 7; Aylesburys 
and Rouens, drake 9 and duck 8; Crested \WWhite, drake 7 
and duck 6; Muscovvs, both varieties, drake 10 and duck 
7; Indian Runner, drake 4% and duck 4. 
The weights prescribed for geese follow: Toulouse, 
Embden and African, gander 20 and goose 18; Chinese, 
both varieties, and Wild or Canadian, gander 12 and 
goose 10; Egyptian, gander 10 and goose 8 pounds. 
SQUAB BROILERS.—Recently there has grown up 
a demand in the large cities for what is known as “squab 
broilers,” chicks four weeks old weighing half a pound 
each. It has been found by an extensive producer of 
