. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 30 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 20, THE GUINEA FOWL. The following article on the Guinea fowl appeared in the Journal of the Board of Ar/riculture, London, for December last. Considerable numbers of these birds are kept in the West Indies, and it is likely that this information will prove of value, as it contains some very useful hints as to the best methods of dealing with Guinea fowl :— The Guinea fowl is more generally kept for ornament than as a utility fowl, and its merits for the latter purpose are a
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 30 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. January 20, THE GUINEA FOWL. The following article on the Guinea fowl appeared in the Journal of the Board of Ar/riculture, London, for December last. Considerable numbers of these birds are kept in the West Indies, and it is likely that this information will prove of value, as it contains some very useful hints as to the best methods of dealing with Guinea fowl :— The Guinea fowl is more generally kept for ornament than as a utility fowl, and its merits for the latter purpose are apt to be lost sight of. It is, however, one of the most active foragers of all birds that can be kept on a farm, and the cost of keeping it, compared with other kinds of poultry, is small. The gross profits which it yields may not be as large as those from fowls, ducks, or turkeys, but the net profits are not unsatisfactor}', as it is largely self-supporting. It is particularly hardy, and generally sleciis in the trees about a farmyard rather than in a house. In this way it is free from restraint, and is able to spend the eaily hours of the morning in foraging for food. There is no better gleaner than the Guinea fowl, and it will wander as much as a mile from home, but as it is chiefly insectivorous, it does scarcely any damage to crops, and the benefits which it confers by ridding the fields of insect pests undoubtedly outweigh any slifht injury caused in this way. It is well able to take care of itself, and there is little danger of its being killed by a fo.\-, while its homing instinct is well developed, and it may be relied upon to come home to roost at night. The Guinea fowl, therefore, requires little of the care and special manage- ment that must be given to other domestic pjoultry, as, if given free range, it will during the summer tind almost all the food it requires. EGG LAYING. Guinea fowls do not lay in the winter, but spring, summer, and autmnn they
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