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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GEORGIA. 



The Iloudans are large and hardy, and quite popular with those 

 who have tried them. 



Mr. Wright/ in his "Practical Poultry Keeper," remarks in regard 

 to the Houdans : "We have in this breed the size, form and quality 



of the Dorking, with earlier maturity. The hen is a most prolific 

 layer of good-sized eggs, which will almost invariably be found fer- 

 tile a point the Dorking is very deficient in, as all prize breeders 

 know to their cost. The chickens feather very rapidly and early, 

 but are nevertheless exceedingly hardy, perhaps more so than any, 

 except Cochins or Brahjias, and are therefore easily reared with 



