122 Domurstic ANIMALS. 
As layers, the Dorking hens take high rank, but are, we think, 
inferior to the Spanish. They are persistent. sitters, and make 
excellent mothers and nurses. The editur of the American 
Tur Dorxrne Fowt. 
Agriculturist says: “A little knowledge in keeping them 
[the Dorkings] justified us in pronouncing them entitled to the 
same rank among barn-yard fowls that the Short Horns have 
taken among cattle; and years of experience in breeding them 
have confirmed us in this opinion.” 
John ‘Giles, a well known poultry breeder of Woodstock, 
Conn., expresses the following opinion: “ After forty-odd 
years’ experience with the gallinaceous tribes, I say that, in my 
humble opinion, no breed of fowls will compare with the true 
Dorking as good mothers, sitters, and layers, giving eggs in 
abundance, chickens easily reared, and which come to perfec- 
tion sooner than any other poultry. The flesh is of a delicate 
white, fine in the grain, and delicious flavor. The Black Span- 
