Show HOUDAN FOWL IS ECONOMIC not only Is if it excellent table br breed but Is also good layer of eggs eggs and Non rItter of 0 all the french breeds the houdan is ia undoubtedly the most not only Is it 11 a good table breed when judged by the quality of its flesh but it Is an excellent layer of good bided white eggs and Is a non sitter newer breeds of fowls which have been introduced during recent earb have rather oNer overshadowed shadowed it ita but few it if any ot of those cum can lay claim to superiority superior it over it in utility points no doubt the crest hid had much to do 11 with th the deglint suffered by the hou hen dan min man poultry keepers not caring for or crested fowls owing to the fact act that in wet met weather veather the bead adorn ments got saturated and caused colds among the birds but a litle consider aaion for or them in the was ot of shelter during periods of rain would have minimized any prejudice against them concerning wet et crests and colds when tho the houdan stood high in popular fa a i vor or there in were ere bem fem fewer er or no scratching ing sheds in existence and thea the either had to face ace the weather meather ahen a hen such was inclement or idle about the interior of the ro house and no IN wonder on der man birds and especially the crested created ones onci often got saturated satu with rain and caught cold and contracted roup today every well arranged poultry sard has its scratching sheds or day shelters to which the fowls can resort in bid weather cr and on that account the houdan might be given a better position than it now occupies imong among otilit poultry the crest of tho the houdan is an advantage rather than a disadvantage inasmuch as it guards the head of the bird against the severest frost during the winter time and thus it Im improves the owl fowl as a u winter inter laer a er rightly bred fed and sheltered the houdan is a good winter egg producer |