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The hens are excellent sitters and make good mothers. 

 In this respect they closely resemble the Plymouth 

 Rocks. The Wyandottes have a neat and trim 

 appearance, are good sized, produce excellent flesh, 

 and have a gentle disposition. They are generally 

 called handsome fowls. In appearance, they are 





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 Fia. 19. A pair of White Wyandottes, young (one-eighth size). 



somewhat neater than the Plymouth Rocks. In ful- 

 filling the demands of the farmer for the econom- 

 ical production of both eggs and meat the Wyan- 

 dottes are not wanting. Joseph Wallace says, 

 "It should not be claimed that the Wyandottes, 

 in quality and quantity of breast meat, equal the 

 Dorking, Houdan or Game." Neither do they 

 equal the Leghorns or the Minorcas in egg produc- 



