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little loss. They are emphatically the fowl for the farmer, and will 

 yield an ample profit on good feeding, both in eggs and flesh." 

 This is high encomium from good authority. 



The Breda has not yet been introduced into this country so far 

 as is known. 



This is a valuable breed, hardy and prolific, and of medium size. 



In color they are a slaty blue, having each feather penciled across 

 with bars of darker blue. 



