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Farmers’ Bulletin 1052. 
are free from feathers and are yellow. This fowl also has a yellow 
skin. 
I here are three varieties of the Cornish—the Dark, White, and 
White-Laced Led. The standard weights of the Dark and White are, 
cock 10 pounds, hen 7J pounds, cockerel 8 pounds, pullet 6 pounds. 
The White-Laced Led weights are, cock 8 pounds, hen G pounds, 
cockerel 7 pounds, pullet 5 pounds. Although the standard weights 
for the Dark and White varieties are the same, the Whites are usually 
undersized, the Dark variety 
or White-Laced Led. 
averaging larger than either the White 
Dark Cornish.—The Dark Cornish is the most common variety of 
this breed. The male shows a general top color of black extending 
over the hackle, back, shoulders, and saddle, with some mixture of 
red and a shafting of red in the hackle. The rest of the body is black. 
The female shows a hackle of black with bay shafting, while the 
feathers on the rest of the plumage are bay or mahogany, each 
feather of which should show two pencilings of black, the penciling 
