OLD HENS V. YOUNG.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 January 1907, Page 1

OLD HENS V. YOUNG.

v. YOUNG. _J^V-^M>freq^ently stated that old

■ ' •>■•»- ■ . .... liens are of no "use" for laying purposes; in fact, you are advised to kill all hens over two years old. I shut up two hens — a White Leghorn, aged 1 year and a Houdan, aged 6 years — in similar separate pens on July 15th, 1906. They were under exactly the same con- j ditions, and appended is a -tally of -their I eggs. The White Leghorn is the first descendant of a tri6 imported from New '. South Wales, of the celebrated laving strain. The Houdan is from eggs purchased from Mr Hounsell, of Stoke: — • JUWS-31- EBgS " 3 I .'Houdan 5 Ajgust — ! Leghorn 18 Houdan : IS Sejpjtember— i%horn 17 ,Hdudan 18 October— Leghorn _ 21 Houdan ' 20 November — Leghorn ... ... 18 Houdan" 21 December — Leghorn 21 Hpudan . They are both laying fairly well during January. ; . . Yonrs, etc., - I JAS. HUDSON. I *.' .., I