BREEDS AND BREEDING 9I 



When big, meaty chickens are required, it is not 

 advisable to use male birds such as Leghorn or 

 Minorca, for the produce will be narrow and deficient 

 of breast. There^ is no better cross for producing high- 

 class table chickens than Indian Game-Dorking. The 

 •chickens are very large and carry a lot of meat on the 

 right places. The old Enghsh Game crossed with 

 Dorking hens results in chickens that are more tender 

 in flesh than the Indian Game cross, but they are not 

 so large. A fowl of great merit that is not made use of 

 sufiiciently is the Houdan. It is in most respects as 

 ^ood for crossing as the Dorking. Chickens from a 

 Houdan cock, crossed with Brahma, Indian Game, Ply- 

 mouth Rock, Langshan or other breeds, mature very 

 quickly and are big, meaty birds. 



For a good, useful cross for all-around purposes, 

 there is hardly any better than the Dorking cock on 

 Light Brahma hens. The pullets in their first season 

 will lay many good sized, tinted eggs, while for eating 

 purposes the chickens are excellent. Generally speak- 

 ing, when table chickens are desired Dorking, Indian 

 Game, Houdan, English Game, Langshan and Ply- 

 mouth Rock cocks will all do well, whatever the breed 

 of the hens may be. — [A. V. Meersch, Dutchess 

 County, N. Y. 



A good cross-bred fowl for the production of 

 •egg's, as well as market poultry, is obtained by crossing 

 White Leghorn cocks and Light Brahma hens. I. K. 

 Felch. the well-known Massachusetts Light Brahma 

 breeder and poultry judge, who has tried it, says that 

 the resulting progeny is nearly as large as the Brahma 

 in size, almost as prolific in eggs as the White Leghorn, 

 •while the majority of eggs are laid during the fall and 

 •winter months. Most of the fowls will come pure 

 ■white in color and will lay dark-colored eggs. He 

 does not advocate more than the first cross and says 



