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We have received many varieties of 

 fowls from France, some of which I can 

 from experience recommend. As a rule, 

 they are non-sitters — lay large, white, de- 

 licately flavoured eggs, and are excellent 

 as table fowls — being white in flesh and 

 well-shaped. Unlike the Dorking, they 

 lay in winter, irrespective of age, and 

 adult hens, if highly fed, will lay during 

 nine months of the year. I can particu- 

 larly call attention to the three following 

 varieties : — 



This hobgoblin-looking fowl is really a good 

 and useful one. 



