280 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



The White Wyandotte is undoubtedly the most popular 

 variety of this breed. The color is white throughout, and should 

 be free from any brassiness or creaminess or black ticking. 



In the Buff Wyandotte the color should be an even shade of 

 buff throughout, being identical with that of the Buff Plymouth 

 Rock. 



In the Black Wyandotte the color is black in all sections, 

 showing a greenish sheen, free from purple barring. The under- 

 color is lighter, somewhat on the slate order. 



In the Partridge Wyandotte the color is the same as in the 

 Partridge Plymouth Rock. In the Silver-Penciled and Colum- 

 bian Wyandottes the color is the same as in the corresponding 

 varieties of the Plymouth Rocks. 



The Java 



The Java is one of the oldest breeds developed in the 

 United States. In general this fowl tends to be long in bo4y and 

 broad in back. The comb is single, and the legs of the Black 

 variety are black, or black approaching yellow, while those of 

 the Mottled variety are yellow and leaden blue. The color of 

 the legs detracts somewhat from the fowl for market purposes. 

 The skin, however, is yellow. The hens are good layers of 

 brown-shelled eggs, and the fowls are suitable for table purposes. 

 This breed is not very commonly found at the present time. 

 The standard weights are: Cocks, 9>^ pounds; hen, 7^ pounds; 

 cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 6I/2 pounds. 



There are two varieties of Javas, the Black and the Mot- 

 tled. The color of the Black Java is black throughout, with a 

 greenish sheen on the surface plumage. Purple barring is un- 

 desirable. In the Mottled Java the plumage is a mottled black 

 and white throughout, the black being more plentiful than 

 the white. The undercolor of the Mottled Java is slaty. 



The Dominique 



The Dominique is also one of the oldest of the American 

 breeds. The Dominique color is associated in the minds of 

 people throughout the country with the barnyard fowl and is 

 frequently confused with the Barred Plymouth Rock color. The 

 Dominique is somewhat smaller and somewhat slighter in body, 

 with a tail somewhat longer and sickles more prominent, than 



