Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1900-01-23
standard Weight Of Breeds.

The American Poultry Associa.
tion which is composed Of breeders
from nearly every State IN the
Union ard which, it's annual con
vention, legislat,s for the inter.
ests of it's members has not only
fixed a scale Of points which de-
scribes all the breeds, but also at
taches. to each breed a certain mini
mum weight This weight may bC
exceeded, any bird not reaching The
weight fixed for the breed is severe
~ cut for the defect. 1t may be I'M
tereshng to some OF our readers &c
know how much each cock, hen,
cockerel and pullet should weigh,
"A cock and hen are birds over one
year old. A cockerel aud pullet
are birds under that age.
Bronze and Narragansett tur-
keys should weigh as follows; Cock
thirty-two pounds, hen twenty-five
pounds ,cockerel twenty-five pounds,
pullets fourteen pounds. Buff,
slate and black turkeys: Cock
twenty-seven pounds, cockerel
eighteen, hen eighteen, pullettwelve.
White turkeys: Cock twenty-six
pounds, hen sixteen, cockerel six
teen, pullet ten.
OF geese there are seven varic-
ties. The Toulouse and Embden
weigh as follows: Gamblers twenty
FIVE pounds, goose twenty three,
young gander twenty, young goose
eighteen. The African gander
weighs twenty pounds, the goose
eighteen, young gander sixteen and
young goose fourteen. The Brown
ana White China and the Canada
goose are about four pounds less
than the African, and the Egyp-
tian about Il pound less than the
Canada. The largest ducks are
the PekIns and White Muscovys.
The drake weighs ten pounds and
the duck eight; young drake nine
and young duck seven. Next come
the Rouen and Aylesbury ducks,
the drake weighing nine pounds,
the duck eight, the young drake
eight and young duck seven. The
Cayuga breeds are a pound less
than the Pekins.
Among chickens the Light Brah-
mas come first, the cock weighing
twelve pounds, hen nine and one
half, cockerel ten and Pullet eight.
All the cochius and the Dark Brah-
mas weigh alike, the cock being
eleven pounds, hen eight and one
half, cockcrc. nine and pullet seven.
ans ri .nouLL I,UDil DoCk weighs
nine and one-halt pounds, cockerel
eight, hen seven and one-halfpounds,
and pullet six and one-halt. Wy
andotte cocks weigh eight and one
halt pounds, cockerels seven and
one.half, ponds, cockerels
and one-half, hens six and one-haH
and pullets five and one-half, Mi
norca Icocks weigh eight pounds,
cockerels SIX and one-half, hens six
and one-haH and pullets FIVE and
one half. Java cocks weigh ten
pounds, cockerels eight and one
half, hens eight and pullets siN
and one-half Langshan cocks
weigh nine and one-haf pounds
cockerels eight, hens seven anC
pullets six. A Colored Dorkin2
cock weighs nine and one-hul
pounds, cockerel eight, hen sever
and o.e-half and pu.let six. Tn
Silver Gray Dorking Is about
pound less, and the White Dorkin.
about a half pound less than tn
Silver Gray.
Leghorns, Hamburgs, Blac
Spanish and the ornamental breed
have no weight fixed. A Red Ca
cock weighs seven and one-ha
rounds and the hen d pound less
The French breeds weigh as TO
lows: La Fleche cock eight an
one-half pounds Creyecoeur coo
eight pounds. Houdan cock eigt
p8aRds Houdan cockerel seye
pounds, the hens weighing abot
poundless.
Bantams are the opposite }
weights, the smaller the bird Ii
more valuable. There are also dI
Qualifying weights, which are niue
lower'tor all the breeds, and While
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