. Australian Garden and Field. 474 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. enough to keep the strain going, and can claim to have fixed the type, charac- ter, and colouring of a very charming variety of the handsome Wyandotte family, and has shown us birds which in type and colour are certainly superior to some imported birds which were sent over to Mr. H. P. Marshall some years ago. Whilst congratulating Mr. Smith on his success, one is almost tempted to regret that the same amount of care- ful, painstaking work should not have been put into a breed which would have added a monetary reward to the less practica
. Australian Garden and Field. 474 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. enough to keep the strain going, and can claim to have fixed the type, charac- ter, and colouring of a very charming variety of the handsome Wyandotte family, and has shown us birds which in type and colour are certainly superior to some imported birds which were sent over to Mr. H. P. Marshall some years ago. Whilst congratulating Mr. Smith on his success, one is almost tempted to regret that the same amount of care- ful, painstaking work should not have been put into a breed which would have added a monetary reward to the less practical results. A strain of Leghorns with the same amount of toil behind them, would, we think, have been likely candidates for competition champion- ships. Speaking of these birds with a friend the other day, he said, "I wonder no one takes up the breed. I daresay Smith would sell ; Why not do it yourself? we naturally suggested. "Not I,'' was the reply, "Leghorns are good enough for ; So it is. Australians are not only conservative in poultry, but they have become intensely practical. Lots of people admire BufT Laced Wyan- dottes, but we have never heard any- body express a violent desire to buy them (we do not know that they are for sale), for it is undoubtedly true that the hen has a harder job in Australia than in England or America. There she can win on her feathers, here she has to put up figures, and they have to be mighty big ones, unless she wants to get lost in the crowd. March, 1914 Fattening Turkeys. The demand for turkeys has increased very much during the past few years, and prices have been on the incline, with the result that one of the most lucrative branches of the poultry indus- try is the rearing and fattening of tur- keys. It is not proposed here to dwell upon the most suitable breeds, the best methods of maintaining the breeding stock, or the hatching and rearing of the chickens, but one should remember how vastly important is s
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