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  2. HENS NOT LAYING.

    A correspondent of the " Live Stock Journal" reports:—I got about 200 hens last August, and have been feeding them twice a day on soft meat consisting of boiled potatoes, ...

    Article : 233 words
  3. The Poultry Yard.

    THAT which seems an excellent plan for testing eggs is suggested in the "American Agriculturist." The apparatus consists of an empty box, or a wooden tobacco caddy will do, with two holes for the eggs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  4. MINES AND MINING,

    ADELONG.—Our correspondent writes, september 10.—The miners on this goldfield are jubilant at the idea they are to have a diamond drill. The great depths to be reached, prevent many from ...

    Article : 1,963 words
  5. CROP-BOUND FOWLS.

    Fowls, like all other animals, says the " Agricultural Gazette," are subject to various diseases. Many of these are very contagious and moat fatal in their results; but, witt proper attention to feeding, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 720 words
  6. THE MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS.

    Hens, to lay any length of time, must have animal food. When they run loose they find this food in the shape of worms and insects, but when shut up in a close yard, where the ground is baked and dry, they ...

    Article : 170 words
  7. RAISING CHICKS.

    Breeders are constantly anxious abont feeding, and are all anxiety to rear the youngsters to a large size. For the first few days bread crumbs and rice boiled in water and mixed with a little middlings make good ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 259 words
  8. QUEENSLAND.

    GYMPIE.—By mail our advices are to the 7th, when the "Times" reports that the recent crushing from No. 1 North Phoenix had given the handsome average yield per ton of 12oz 2d wt from a parcel of ...

    Article : 920 words
  9. EXHIBITORS BIDDING AT SHOWS.

    It is customary at English poultry and bird shows to sell exhibits by auction. The question whether owners should bid in such cases has been often debated at poultry society meetings and in the Press. ...

    Article : 249 words
  10. HOW MANY EGGS?

    The same journal, doaling with this question, says:— We were informed that any one who said fowla could be got to lay 200 eggs in a year made false statements, and that any ...

    Article : 69 words
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