. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 92(j THE FAUMEU S STOCK BOOK. pounds of excellent flesh. They are said to have produced by a cross between the White Dorkinirs and the fawn-colored Turkish fowl. V. Black Dorkings. The black Dorkings differ but little from the other varieties. They are, however, thought to be more hardy than the other sub-families ; the hens !irc good layers and careful nurses, and the eggs are large. According to Wright, the pure-brcds are jot lilnck ; the neck of some cocks tinged. GRAY DORK NGS.
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 92(j THE FAUMEU S STOCK BOOK. pounds of excellent flesh. They are said to have produced by a cross between the White Dorkinirs and the fawn-colored Turkish fowl. V. Black Dorkings. The black Dorkings differ but little from the other varieties. They are, however, thought to be more hardy than the other sub-families ; the hens !irc good layers and careful nurses, and the eggs are large. According to Wright, the pure-brcds are jot lilnck ; the neck of some cocks tinged. GRAY DORK NGS. with gold, and the hens silver tinged ; the comb usually double, short, sometimes cupped, but sometimes single ; the wattles small; the tail feathers shorter and broader than those of the White Dorking ; the legs black, short, and with the two under toes separate and distinct. VI. Bolton Grays or Creoles. This lireed, once famous in Eii^Uuul, was said to have been bred with such nicety that individual fowls could scarcely be distinguished one from another. They are great layers ; not inclined to set; short-legged ; plump ; meduun-sized ; the eggs, however, rather small ; the color is white, thick- ly spotted with black as to the neck and body, with black bars at the ex- tremity of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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