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have the smallest amount of offal, to be very deep in flesh on 

 the breast, and is a cross which can be highly recommended. 



In all large yards it will be necessary, unless the artificial 

 method of hatching is adopted, to have a sitting breed, and 

 as the table varieties are nearly all good sitters, one or two 

 can be chosen to serve both purposes. Some breeds do not 

 make good mothers, and others, such as the Cochin and 

 Brahma, though the maternal instinct is very great in them, 

 are so clumsy that there is great danger of their crushing 

 both eggs and chickens. The best for this purpose are Dor- 

 kings, Game, Dominiques, Plymouth Rocks, and Langshans, 

 or amongst cross-breds the Brahma-Dorking. Thus there 

 will be no difficulty in selecting a breed, which will prove 

 first-rate mothers and good table birds. 



In more limited yards where there is not accommodation for 

 more than one or two breeds, and it is desirable to have 

 such as are both good layers, table fowls and sitters," we 

 should recommend Plymouth Rocks, Langshans, Scotch 

 Greys, or Dominiques, or if sitters are not required, then 

 there is no better breed for the purpose than the Houdan, 

 which has been described as "one of the best fowls for 

 ordinary purposes that we possess." We have thus rapidly 

 shown the varieties of useful fowls, with the qualities for 

 which they are noted, but in describing the breeds themselves 

 we shall enter more fully into the questions here only touched 

 upon. 



