. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 430 POri<TRY DEPARTMENT. neat and saucy. There are five varieties, the black, the gold penciled, the silver penciled, the gold spangled, and the silver spangled. Of these the most useful are the blacks, being the largest and laying the largest eggs. If this breed is crossed with some other that will increase the size of the eggs, the result will be profitable, provided they are given plenty of room. If confined it needs a very high fence to restrain them, but on a farm where they can run they will do well. A
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 430 POri<TRY DEPARTMENT. neat and saucy. There are five varieties, the black, the gold penciled, the silver penciled, the gold spangled, and the silver spangled. Of these the most useful are the blacks, being the largest and laying the largest eggs. If this breed is crossed with some other that will increase the size of the eggs, the result will be profitable, provided they are given plenty of room. If confined it needs a very high fence to restrain them, but on a farm where they can run they will do well. A few fowls can of course be kept in a confined position, but where there are sixty or more they need room. Under these conditions the Hamburghs are hardy, easy to raise, and non-sitters, and where the number of eggs is of more import- ance than the size, the}'' make a very useful fowl. White Plymouth Rocks. This useful bird, which originated in old Massachusetts, is very popular wherever it goes. There are three varieties; the barred, white and black. Th:ir bodies are large, the fall- grown bird often weighing from ten to twelve pounds; their legs are j^ellow and strong; are fair lay- ers of small eggs, rich in flavor; their flesh is tender and sweet, and they have a good supply on the breast. They are very hardy, and can be kept on any soil, and bear be- ing .shut in very well. They are fair sitters and good mothei'S. They are great favorites and compete with the popular I^eghorns for first place, as a general utility fowl. Dominique. The Dominiques have not become a fowl of general favor. It has many good qualities and would, if it could be procured pure bred, well pay any one who would raise them. They are of Ameri- can origin, and look some like the Cuckoo Dorkin, but the Dominiques have arose comb They are a hardy fowl; will thrive on any ordinary soil; and are good table birds; capital layers; good sitters and mothers. They have the much sought for yellow WHITE PLY
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