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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



of non-production, scarcity and higher prices, that early hatched pullets are necessary. 

 The difficulty in getting early sitters is no doubt the great drawback, but incubators are 

 now more extensively used for the purpose, and it is only a question of time when they 

 will be in general use. 



The Best Layers. 



As in previous years the Black Minorcas, Andalusians, Plymouth Rocks, Langshans, 

 Brahmas, and Wyandottes, proved themselves the best layers. The White Leghorn 

 Brahma, and the Langshan Black Minorca crosses made excellent layers. 



Large Eggs. 



It is worthy of note that the Black Minorcas, (see fig. 1) ; Langshans, (see fig. 5) ; 

 and Light Brahmas, (see fig. 4), not only laid well during the winter, but laid very large 

 eggs. The month of December of last year (1893), was a particularly cold one, but the 

 breeds named did not seem to be so much affected by it as were the late hatched pullets. 

 On the 16th January four or five dozen of Black Minorca eggs were weighed, when a 

 number were found to go six to a pound, and all went seven to the pound. Eight 

 dozen Brahma and Langshan eggs were also weighed, and the great majority went 

 seven to a pound. The eggs were shown to many visitors as a sample of what could 

 be done by the farmers of the country in supplying the demand for large eggs in any of 

 the markets offering. 



We give as follows, cuts and description of the breeds which lay large white and 

 dark coloured eggs, and which have been tried at the Experimental Farm. 



LAYERS OF LARGE WHITE EGGS. 





Fig. 1. — Black Minorcas. 



Black Minorcas. — This is one of the leading breeds of large white egg layers, per- 

 haps the greatest layers of large eggs known. They are rapidly taking the place of 



