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including those at Birmingham and the Dairy Show at the Agricul- 
tural Hall, and I have always found these crossbred birds superior 
to any others that have been exhibited. At the last Dairy Show 
the first prize in the crossbred classes went to birds that were so 
bred. As I awarded the prizes, I prefer taking the description of 
“them that appeared in the Bazaar rather than giving my own 
account. Speaking of the crossbred birds, the writer says:—‘‘ The 
best pair were a cross between an Indian game cock and a Dorking 
hen. They were very white in the feet, very large, plump and full 
of quality. The skin was of a delicate texture and colour, and they 
were all round a grand pair of table fowls. . . In the pulletclass 
the birds were produced from an Indian game cock and a Dorking 
hen, ‘They were superb in appearance, colour, and skin, quality of 
flesh, fineness of bone; and if we except a slight tinge in the colour 
of the feet, we should consider them very near perfection. They 
were also admirably trussed, and even more attractive on this 
account.”’ 
In 1891, at the Royal, Doncaster, first was awarded to a pair of 
cockerels, and second and third to a pair of pullets, which would 
have been first, but one had a slightly bent breast; and in cross- 
breds, first, second, and third, both for cockerels and pullets, went 
to Indian game Dorkings and Indian game Langshans. 
In order to make the table poultry at this. Show more valuable, 
Mr. Brown hit upon the happy idea of arranging that all selected 
birds should be weighed before and after being killed, thus showing 
the percentage of waste. Still, it would have been more valuable 
had the birds been properly drawn, and from the Society’s journal 
we gather that the pair of Indian game cockerels lost only 14 oz., 
whereas the Dorkings lost 16 oz. and 23 0z., and Indian game 
pullets lost only 7 oz., against other breeds 10 oz. and 11 oz. 
Mr. Brown ends his remarks as follows :— 
‘Tt would be unadvisable to draw any general inference from the 
above statistics, because, as the fowls were not drawn, the loss was 
merely that of feathers and lower limbs. Still, it is interesting to 
note how small the loss was with Indian game and Indian game 
crosses.” 
At the Dairy, all the prizes for pure and cross-breds were 
awarded to Indian game, Indian game Dorkings, and Indian game 
Langshans. And Mr. Tegetmeier, writing of table classes at this 
show, in the Field of October 24th, 1891, says :— 
