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all other breeds. It is claimed that the flesh of fowls of this 

 breed is superior to that of other fowls, but in the humble opin- 

 ion of the writer the "sweetness, richness, delicacy, and peculiar 

 flavor" claimed for the flesh of fowls of any breed is more the 

 result of the keeping, and the way they are cooked than any 

 thing in the breed itself. But the Houdans certainly have small 

 bones and carry a large quantity of breast meat, and the Dorkings 

 also carry a large proportion of meat on the parts that are gen- 



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erally liked best; so, for these reasons, the farmers whose chief 

 objeqt in raising poultry is to supply their own tables with an 

 abundance cf fresh meat will probably like these breeds and 

 find them profitable, and it sometimes happens that the poul- 

 try raiser gets hold of a class of private customers who have a 

 notion that the flesh of fowls of this or that breed is superior 

 to all others, and, in such cases, he should aim to please his 

 customers especially when, by so doing, he can get two or 



