150 Agrlculturcd Gazette of N.S.TF. 



\Feh. 3, 11)08. 



an elevated i)Osition could never be a financial success, and from tliis on 

 less attention was ^'■iven to industries wliicli depended so iiiucli on climatic 

 conditions, ^-radually increased his stock of fowls, ultimately ddin;^ so 

 well with tlirm that six yeai's a^d he |Mii-chascd the pic-rnt farm "(ilrn- 

 brook." Each year since the date of puichase h" has inci'cased his stock, 

 until at time of \vrilin<,' there are located on the IS acres alxmi 1 ,S()() 

 duckliii<i:s 11]) to 1 Week oM. ."i.dOO from 1 „to 4 weeks, .'5, 000 from 1 to .S 

 or !) weeks, 1,200 .Muscovy stock ducks with a |iro|i(U't ion of di-akes, ."lOO 

 Rn^disii ducks, ami about :i,00() hens, or well nieh l:!,000 all told. 



The farm is IS acres in extent, about H acres of it is occu]ded by the 

 poiiltrw the >i'liool end heine' hii'e'eK- in it> ]ii'iiiie\';il stat(s ('hri^tmas bush 



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Fig. 6. - Portion of a llocX of 1,000 laying ducks. 



aboundiije-. The soil is of a sandy nature, and althouj^h there is an ever- 

 running creek along one boundary of the farm and })onds on the phice^ 

 city water is largely used. 



One half or more of the fai'iii was oi-iijinally an orchard, many giant 

 pear, ])each, midln'rry, and other trees still ])earing, the ]ii'ojirietor s value 

 of this product being that, while every egg is I'arefully gathered, the fi'uit 

 is allowed to lie wlicie it falls, until eaten by the fowls or ducks located 

 underneath. 'I'he soil, the shade, the situation, ami its proximity of 

 Gi miles to Sydney, all combine to make the place what it is — an ideat 

 one for profitable ])oultry farming. 



