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accurate reports, it arrests the 

 robber hens, it gives an honest 

 count, and it exposes the fraudu- 

 lent hens. 



They make fine broilers and the 

 best roasters. 



Some egg farmers candle all 

 eggs each day' as they are re- 

 ceived from the nests. Their 

 reason for so doing is to throw 

 out all such that show blood clots 

 that is, every now and then a 

 hen in straining to lay her egg is 

 apt to rupture a minute blood 

 vessel and this clot of blood 

 sometimes shows itself inside the 

 egg, and at other times we find 

 the blood on the shell. When 

 candling, this blood clot is seen if 

 in the egg. 



Some poulterers, in order to 

 obtain the best prices for their 

 broilers hatch from October 1 to 

 February 1 and have all the stock 

 marketed by July 1. 



The skin of the Langshan is a 

 pure white, and not a dark or 

 bluish white. The meat is fine- 

 grained, tender and juicy ; thin 

 skin and small bone, and while 

 possibly not so much admired in 

 the market as the yellow-skinned 

 breeds, none surpasses it for 

 tenderness and flavor when served 

 on the table. 



The Houdan is a small-boned 

 fowl, having a thick breast, and 

 the flesh is tender and juicy. 



Capon and poularde rearing is 

 a general industry in Normandy, 

 Maine and La Bresse (a capon 



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