POULTRY NOTES. By Terror.

Otago Witness, Issue 2397, 8 February 1900, Page 43

POULTRY NOTES. By Terror.

—Wo fear that the critics at the Crystal Palace show, says tho Stookkeeper, who

offered the opinion that some judges of Indian game are inclined to lose sight of the fact that this is a short-legged variety of fowl, were correct in their views. No doubt length of limb in an Indian game is more sought for in America than it is here, but that is no reason at all why a fine variety should be altered in this country, and we greatly regret the tendency towards reachiness in some recent winners. If the Malay standard is to be approached it will have the effect of driving good men out of the Indian game fancy, and we therefore trust, for the sake of a breed which is invaluable as a table fowl, and which is becoming more popular every year, that judges and breeders will put their feet down and squash the leggy birds before the latter are in a position to seriously assert their pre-eminence m the show pen. — A poultry tonic is often used, and a good and inexpensive one is Douglas's mixture, which is made up of gib of sulphate of iron, ioz of sulphuric acid, and loz of sulphur. Mix well in a gallon of water, and give one lablespoonful to a gallon of drinking water.