. Profitable poultry keeping. Laying Breeds. 75 months ola. For such places as these we should recommendMinorcas, Leghorns, Houdans, or Plymouth Kocks, the firstthree of which are non-sitters. The majority of poultry keepers have eggs as theirprimary object, and where this is the case they will dowell to select ojie of the non-sitting breeds, for, not only arethese the best layers, but they give no trouble in the way ofwanting to incubate. Many are the sorrows of a poultry-keeper whose hens want to sit when he desires eggs, andit is hard work conquering a determined bird of this non
. Profitable poultry keeping. Laying Breeds. 75 months ola. For such places as these we should recommendMinorcas, Leghorns, Houdans, or Plymouth Kocks, the firstthree of which are non-sitters. The majority of poultry keepers have eggs as theirprimary object, and where this is the case they will dowell to select ojie of the non-sitting breeds, for, not only arethese the best layers, but they give no trouble in the way ofwanting to incubate. Many are the sorrows of a poultry-keeper whose hens want to sit when he desires eggs, andit is hard work conquering a determined bird of this non-sitting breeds are Hamburghs, Minorcas, Leg-horns, Andalusians, Houdans, Spanish, and Polish, v/hicbare here given in rotation according to their laying Hamburghs lay small eggs, too small for ordinary mar-ket purposes, and the Spanish and Polish are rather deli-cate, so we should recommend that the choice be restrictedto the other four varieties, which, whether they be keptpure or crossed will be found first-rate
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