. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. perior to that of any other variety for richness and delicacy of flavour; eggs small, fine shaped, and _^^ . extremely de
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. perior to that of any other variety for richness and delicacy of flavour; eggs small, fine shaped, and _^^ . extremely delicate: the g29 chickens are difficult to rear from their pugna- city of disposition. The game cock has long been a bird both of cruel and curious snort in this as well as otner countries ; but the taste for these amusements, like that for others suited to times of comparative leisure and ignorance, is now happily on the decline in Britain. 7443. The Dorhing cock and hen ijig. 930.), so called from the town in Surrey of that name, is the largest variety ; shape handsome; body long and capacious; legs short, five claws on each foot; eggs , and lays abundantly; colour of the flesh inclining to yellowish or ivory. Both hens and cocks often made into capons. 7444. The Poland cock and hen {fig. 931. a) were originally imported from Hol- land. The colour shining black, with white tops on the head of both cock and hen; head flat, surmounted by a fleshy protuberance, out of which si)ring the crown feathers, or top, white or black, with the fleshy king David's crown (the celestial in heraldry), consisting_of four or five spikes ; their form plump and deep; legs short, feet with five claws; lay abundantly ; are less inclined to set than any other breed ; they fatten quickly, and are more juicy and rich than the Dorking. On the whole, this is one of the most use- ful varieties. There is an ornamental subvariety known as the golden Poland (6), with yellow and black plumage. 7445. Th
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