. Australian Garden and Field. .Vovtmber, 1913 27i» not bought ;i settiu^ from Mr. Sli w- arl, and siibsei|ucntly used the Wyck- off hlood. If Mr. Brooks had not owned a famous rotister, wliieh. w c believe we are eorreet in saying, was never known to throw a poor pullet in his long and very useful career - probably no other single bird did much for the breed—or if Mr. nian had happened to prefer his Silver Wyandottes as a starting point. T!ie Leghorn may, of course, have conie out top-dog. We believe it would but it is safe to say that it would have taken longer about it, and would not
. Australian Garden and Field. .Vovtmber, 1913 27i» not bought ;i settiu^ from Mr. Sli w- arl, and siibsei|ucntly used the Wyck- off hlood. If Mr. Brooks had not owned a famous rotister, wliieh. w c believe we are eorreet in saying, was never known to throw a poor pullet in his long and very useful career - probably no other single bird did much for the breed—or if Mr. nian had happened to prefer his Silver Wyandottes as a starting point. T!ie Leghorn may, of course, have conie out top-dog. We believe it would but it is safe to say that it would have taken longer about it, and would not have become quite so top-doggish. We do not forget that others have , had a big hand in the position to-day. The names of Kinnear, Bertelsmeier, Cosh, and Morrish occur to one in South Australia, not forgetting, of course, General Hart and his contin- gent. — .\ Reflection. — How little a few or even a great many individuals can do to leaven the mass, and the quite absurd desire of the hen as a tribe to stand by a con- stant average, and incidentally the evenness of the candidates for honors as they stood in igo6, and the natural laying habit of the unselected hen is shown in the page before us. The Hawkesbury breed averages stand at 120 White Leghorns 167 eggs each, 120 Silver Wyandottes 165 eggs each, 114 Black Orpingtons 158 eggs each. Taking 'ear's results (7 years later), "Agricultural Gazette" of New South Wales, the figures are:—168 White Leghorns 189 eggs each, 42 Black Orpingtons 175 eggs each, 24 Silver Wyandottes 152 eggs each. The Leghorn has gained 22 eggs in seven years, the Black Orpington has gain- ed 17 eggs in the same time, and the average Silver Wyandotte has lost 13 on seven years' laying. If Tennyson had happened to write about hens he would probably have amended his famous couplet, and written "Strains may come and strains may go, but the hen stops still for ; Truly, it seems about as diHicult to raise ;i breed aver
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