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Fowls for Table .Poultry. 



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as nearly perfect as possible, but the great majority of French 

 breeds have dark or slate-blue legs and feet, combined with a 

 pure white skin. That is not always, however, the case, and 

 where the flesh and skin are grey, as in the case of the Langshan 

 and the Black Orpington, such specimens do not attain the 

 front rank among table poultry. The leading races which have 

 white flesh and white legs are : — 



OLD ENGLISH GAME. 



Dorking, Scotch Grey (mottled legs), 



Sussex, Faverolle, 

 Buff Orpington, Game (some varieties). 



Of the others named, Bresse and Crevecoeur have dark, and 

 the Houdan and Malines pinky- white legs and feet. It may be 

 noted that white-fleshed birds, and especially those with white 

 legs, are unsuited to heavy soils, and in some cases do not 

 appear to have the vigour necessary to meet such conditions. 

 But in addition to such breeds of fowls as may meet the 



