POULTRY-CRAFT. 
and beards; Y-shaped, leaf-like combs ; 
mottled with black, five toes on each 
horns in dry sunny situations; make 
markets because of its color. 
hen 6 lbs., pullet 5 Ibs. 
77 
white ear lobes; shanks pinkish white 
foot; are good layers, equaling Leg- 
good poultry, not suited to American 
Standard weights, cock 7 Ibs., cockerel 6 lbs., 
ENGLISH CLASS. 
90. Dorkings.—.\ delicate (except on a large, well drained range) meat 
White Dorking Hen. 
(By courtesy of “‘ Poultry,” England). 
named variety, the white of which is 
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 
breed; inferior layers of eggs of medi- 
um color and size; sitters; bodies long, 
wide, deep; five toes on each foot. 
Wuirtt Dorkinos.— Fig. 73.—The 
Standard weights are: cock 7% lbs., 
cockerel 61% lbs., hen 6 ibs., pullet 5 
Ibs.; rose comb; red ear lobes. 
Sitver Gray Dorxincs.—Fig. 474. 
Standard weights, cock 8 Ibs., cockerel 
7 Ibs., hen 6% Ibs., pullet 5% lbs.; 
single combs; ear lobes, red preferred ; 
: in color resemble Duckwing Leghorns. 
CoLtoreD Dorxincs. — Standard 
weights, cock 9 lbs., cockerel § lbs., 
hen 7 Ibs., pullet 6 lbs.; combs either 
single or rose; red ear lobes preferred ; 
colors richer and deeper than in the last 
replaced by a straw color tending to 
{ 
Fig. 74. Silver Gray Dorking Cock. 
