. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. ong which SirJohn Sebright stands pre-eminent. 7447. The Chittagong or Malay hen (fig. ) is an Indian breed,and the largest variety of the species. They are in colour striated,yellow, and dark brown ; long necked, serpent-headed, and high uponthe leg ; their flesh dark, coarse, and chiefly adapted to soup. Theyare good layers ; and being well fe
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. ong which SirJohn Sebright stands pre-eminent. 7447. The Chittagong or Malay hen (fig. ) is an Indian breed,and the largest variety of the species. They are in colour striated,yellow, and dark brown ; long necked, serpent-headed, and high uponthe leg ; their flesh dark, coarse, and chiefly adapted to soup. Theyare good layers ; and being well fed produce large, substantial, andnutritive eggs: but these birds are too long-legged to be steady sitters. 7448. The Shack-bag, or Duke of Leeds breed, was formerly in great repute, but is now nearly lost. Itis sometimes to be met with at Wokingham (Oakingham), inBerkshire, and is so large, and the flesh sowhite, firm, and fine, as to aflbrd a convenient substitute for the turkev. 7449. The improved Spanish cock and hen is a cross between the Dorking and Spanish breed, also to befound in and around Wokingham. It is a large bird with black plumage, white and delicate flesh, thelargest eggs of any British variety, and well adapted for 108S PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. Part III. 7*?>- Untiling. The common variety is easily procurable; but the others rai^t either be procuredfrom those parts of the countn where they are usuallj bred, or from the poultercra and bird fanciers inlarge towns, ami especially in London. It should be • general rule to breed trom young stock; a two.\ ii old cork, or Stag, and pullets in their second year. Pullets in their lirst year, if early birds, will,indeed, probably lay as many eggs as ever after; but the eppsare small, and suchyoung hens arc unsitters. Hens are in their prime at three years of age, and decline alter five, whence, generally, it is notadvantageous to keep them beyond thai period, with the exception of those or capital qualifi
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