Nec tamen sequendum in seminio legendo Tanagricos et Melicos et Chalcidicos, qui sine dubio sunt pulchri et ad proeliandum inter se maxime idonei, sed ad partus sunt steriliores.
In choosing a strain, however, it is not well to go after the Tanagrian, Median, or Chalcidian; these are undoubtedly handsome birds and very well fitted for fighting one another, but they are rather poor for laying.
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