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Farmers’ Bulletin 10n < 2. 
are free from feathers and are yellow. This fowl also has a } 7 ellow 
skin. 
There are three varieties of the Cornish—the Dark, T\ bite, and 
White-Laced Red. The standard weights of the Dark and White are, 
cock 10 pounds, hen 71 pounds, cockerel 8 pounds, pullet G pounds. 
The White-Laced Red 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 W hites are usually 
Fn:. 20. White-Laced Led Cornish female. 
undersized, the Dark variety averaging larger than either the White 
or White-Laced Red. 
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 
