OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Poultry Yard 



from one hundred and fifty to a hundred and feet, whereas in Austria and Germany bare feet 



eighty eggs are by no means rare. The weight prevail. It is one of the heaviest breeds l<nown. 



of the cock is from seven to nine pounds, that of A cocl^ weighs about ten pounds, a hen eight, 



the hen from six to seven. They are very hardy They generally lay well ; the eggs are yellow, 



in cold weather, and their crests and combs and are of the usual size. Their white flesh is 



never freeze, as those of 

 other breeds do frequenth'. 

 Always busy in seel<ing 

 food, they are gentle by 

 nature and never run away 

 timidly when approached. 



The Laiii^s/iaiis are also 

 fine, large fowls, much 

 more esteemeil in England 

 than here, and often found 

 in other countries. Foi-- 

 merly they were black only, 

 but now we see white and 

 slate colored at the poultry 

 shows. In England, Amer- 

 ica, Holland, Belgium, and 

 France they have feathered 



Wiuri-. Wv.AXDOTTE Hen 



much esteemed, and they 

 are verv easy to fatten. 



The Houdaii is the best 

 known French breed raised 

 in the United States. 

 Nothing but good can be 

 said of it ; it has found ad- 

 mirers the world o\'er. 

 These fowls come from the 

 neighborhood of the town 

 of Houdan. They mav be 

 classed among the nesting 

 fowls as well as among the 

 decorative or " luxur)' " 

 birds. They must be kept 

 from dampness. When it 

 rains, for instance, they 



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