Poultry.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 10 August 1894, Page 4

Poultry.

ah Ovarium.) •<.! of, dqnrestie.fowls, are W Indian origin, and are of very ancient &gd^ee^j^e"lfirat r it the Old Testacpont? is in Ecclesiastic xix., 4—“ And he shall rise.gp at the' ’lwW®’Hdf'ffitf irifl hi ‘Phis', ’ no donbt, fowls geegej bn^ these," as 9 Well ; * as theiiare., were pot ( the jangle fowh-as the parents o 4 the t if >fddssi 3 ®le /pec£; liarity of the wild hen is thatidiS- ddls -4 mfMotV.imakiei r H6wh fcbed s<jsWi; souw pi* ;h«oide/ toclicaM wilddhoiftl ■ oahkiinfc *(& tjwfahy ttolifyiHg wherfe tbeydiad idM I jfco dtSaroeb dancer- old beat' 1 benf steak. Domestication hdeJ ’produced tii«l?iQ^puJjt, : bei«|ta pole 'te&qVpMpps rthe y-ecy,thing^s fa “he WO; «ggs. ?j. trait produced by domestication ■ is, mtfrn'&mmma ftetfgU to bg at sunset, .w-Ufereas- the wild fowl does] not go to roost till dark, alos .thing i%ukbdifor the >use^as. ’Different treeds have apparently been raised by iking advantage of freaks of nature, f«& J . *° poultry '.reetfers. ' The nrSt consideration is he Ajnaldy Mfd secondly the lesb. We hear of many wonderful njize-laring breeds, but I shall give

i .Z% M my Wk&hCls the best kind. First I take the English game fowl./ This breed cannot tje beaten for allof meduimv< sized yellow rich eggs. The hens! five to thirty eggs. They are splendid mothers )lak|ng v great .care of chicks r, m ■seekihg food and protecting against?; enemies. The chickens feather early*s whicbjm^untf<m‘ia great measiire for the large percentage which arrive at maturity. —The cocks are not the,<ag' f gressive,.indiyidpalf they are reprey/ he hy"smy means. They no of barbarism in fheihV apll : act on the principle!-bf ** .might; i4V*rrg^^Vr >T but pn the whole wmjrare^po^c?^ut7birds''when left aibne. ¥hey %e ; always on the'alert* and - kgep' offi|ir^a. pf prey or ..other 'ifitftauaers, are Very attentive in. looking up tit-bits .for,.theirJavorites. '"There are many varieties of this breed, but -my fancy is the. black-breasted .ir'ejdgj[ They have hehtr kept 'pure in my iSunjUtyifox goserations. • ? -‘ >lv/t Tbe^ilkblj?' ’ S|anish I prefer 'forlaying for market with; ] their ; largewhile egg which looks so ' They alsovlay fb£months withopt set- 1 > ting. They are a bit hard to rear, however. - ■ \. Tbe White Leghorns are splendid llyers landl arp much easier to mar’ "tnanHfre hftackapanisfir A -i Tbp iPlymouth. ikfcks are also a; good general fowl. t r jh* i ‘large' breeds t; sneir as| Cochip China, Brahma Pootra, ldb :: : fariby . they tkke a lofig time to get their feathers and if not hahdfedi are too lazy to go and look for tucker* ; Tbevarealsp bad, layers but good eit■tm/t ?I ■ r .

If you want to raise a first-class, laj-ec and a 5 table ; ibwi* siy ! 6f five 6 or six pounds.you cannot do bptter tliaii' i efttasi the game Wrtffi 'thV Dorkipg; l The cross lays early, feathers young, haS ; white flesh of’grand flavour, and, make splendid mothers. The weight, of birds cboseh ' to- cross should’ be, English game, lilbs, Dorking, which will be found to be the average weight_of these breeds. ..... t