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by Farm Eeport that the females of this cross lay very large eggs. Her own 

 fowls (crosses) laid eggs dui-ing winter 3^ ozs. each. 



Eeply. — That all the Brahma-Minorca crosses turned out hens. 



North Lancaster, Ont., 26th July. — The writer asks if a Buff Cochin and 

 Plymouth Eock would make a good cross. (2) Are the White Plj'mouth Eocks 

 superior to the barred ? 



Eeply. — (1) Not much, if anj-thing, to be gained by the cross. (2) Hardly 

 any diffei'ence. The barred are to be preferi'ed for farmers, as theyde not show the 

 dirt so easily. 



Newcastle, N.B., 6th August. — (1) Would like to purchase 6 Leghorn pullets 

 and the same numbei- of Plymouth Eocks. 



Eeply. — That the pullets are not disposed of. They are kept for layers. 



Walter's Falls, Ont., 29th August. — Desires to know how to distinguish 

 between the gander and goose in his wild geese. 



Eeply. — Very hard to distinguish except by size, the female being smaller. 

 They will likely pair in spring, and will breed only in pairs. 



Saskatoon, N.W.T., W.T.C., 19th September.— Asks will the White Plymouth 

 Eocks breed true to type and markings. 



Eeply. — Yes. 



Erinview, P.O., Man., 8th October. — (1) Desires to know if a log poultry house, 

 well plastered, roofed, floored and well ventilated with windows of one thickness 

 only would be sufficiently warm to keep fowls in, provided with plenty of short 

 straw, hay or chaff, and fed as recommended in Farm Eeport, 1889. (2) Would like 

 some suggestions, or plan, to keep eggs from freezing going a distance of 45 miles 

 to market, with the thermometer 20, 30 and 40 below zero. 



Eeply. — That house should be warm enough with double windows on ; but hard 

 to s:iy until size and number of hens to be kept were given. (2) A plan (drawn by 

 Prof. J. W. Eobertson, Dairy Commissioner) of an outside case was sent. 



Campbellford, Ont., 27th November. — (1) Would like to know what kind of 

 poultr}- was best for a farmer. (2) Which kind of Dorkings is the best? 



Eeply. — (1.) Plymouth Eocks and White Leghorns for reasons given on page 

 108 of leport of 1889. (2.) All are good, but the coloured is con.-idered the 

 hardiest, 



Calgary, N.W.T., 15th December. — The correspondent had an incubator made in 

 accordance with instructions given in a poultry book. The eggs were placed on flannel 

 spread over i inch of sand on top of a tank, which was heated by a lamp under- 

 neath it. The eggs were turned once a day, and sprinkled, slightly, twice ^er diem, 

 witli lukewarm water. The day the chicks should have hatched, some of the ee:gs 

 were broken. The chickens weie alive, but did not seem ready to come out. The 

 incubator was kept going as usual, and two days afterwards one chick came out of 

 its own accord and two others with a little help. The next day the eggs were 

 brolcen, and the great proportion of the chicks seemed to have come to the hatching 

 point, their bodies being cove.-ed with doAvn and the yolk taken up, but all were 

 dead in the shell. The incubator was tried again with the same result, except that 

 no chickens Avere found alive. Temperature fii'st time 105, second time 103, evenly 

 kept up. Would like to have some explanation as to cause of failure of the chicks 

 to hatch out when they had lived so long. 



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