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stock as circumstances would permit. The fowls arrived during the first week in 

 December, and were as follows : — 



11 Coloured Dorking pullets. 

 11 White Leghorn do 



7 Barred Plymouth Rock pullets. 



7 Langshan do 



11 White Minorca do 



4 Silver Laced Wyandotte do 



4 White Java do and 



1 Cockerel. 



Pullets of our own hatching made up the number to eleven in the case of the 

 breeds designated, making the laying stock in No. 1 house, as follows : — 



North Wing. 



Pen No. 1 — 11 Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets. 

 do 2 — 1 1 Barred Plymouth Rock do 

 do 3 — 1 1 White do do yearling hens, 



do 4 — 1 1 Langshan pullets. 

 do 5 — 11 L. Brahma hens, three years old. 



South Wing. 



Pen No. 1 — 11 White Leghorn pullets. 



do 2 — 11 Black Minorca yearling hens. 



do 3 — 11 White do pullets. 



do 4 — 11 Andalusians, 7 yearling hens, 4 pullets. 



do 5 — 11 Coloured Dorking pullets. 



The above are all birds of the first quality, and already some of the White Leg- 

 horn, White Minorca and Langshan pullets are laying, and others will soon follow. 



The White Javas, with other stock, are in No. 3 house, and began to lay a few days 

 after arrival. 



In the south wing of No. 1 house, the laying stock are in pens, on the floors of 

 which sand to the depth of 4 inches has been placed. On the floors of the pens in the 

 north wing of the same house, straw has been put. Observations as to which is the most 

 suitable will be continued. With the exception of the difference in the material on the 

 floors of the pens, the conditions as to temperature, food, and care are the same, and the 

 results to be learned from so many of the different popular breeds side by side 

 cannot fail to be valuable, as they will be interesting. 



