158 AyrlciUtural (Jazetlc of N.S.W. [Feb. 3, lUOb. 



Iiroafl wliitt' v\\\'j: (Ui neck, sDinct iincs rxtcinliiiL;' ilowii tln' UfL'asl, llio 

 Tfina i mlcr <.>t' \\\v ]iliiiiia!ii' l)(_'iii<i an I'vm liliic cnldiir. 



ISiilT < triii ii'_;t nil iliu'ks aw also krpt. <,hirst idiifil alxjiit the ipiant itv of 

 e^iis sdld \v(_'fkly, ami when ami liow disposed ot'. .Mi\ McCoiiil) said: "" 1 

 Mijiply sfVL'i"al shops in .North Sydney with ffoin I DO to 200 dozen weekly, 

 the halaiicc .Mr. T. ("larkc, of Siisscx-sl I'ccl. scll>. One of my liost \yceks- 

 was MK) dozen all told, hnt 7(H) dozen i> (luite eoninion."" When .-avinu- 

 this, .Mr. McComli handed oyer the Snssex-street account sales, whiuh 

 yeritie(l his statement . 



'' For the last si.\- years," said Mi'. Mef'omli. "" I haye stored eiiiis largely 

 in the (loyeriiment ('old Stores, soinetiines for uiyself, at other times for 

 the ;jforei's, to whom 1 hand ovei' tlie store warrants. 1 handed the 

 warrants to .Mr. Clarke to take deliyeiy of my last si.xteeii cases. He wiiit 

 carefully through the lot, ami out of the oTG dozen only got two an<l a half 

 dozen of faulty ones. The lowest ]iriee 1 receiyed for eold-store eggs. 

 dui-iuii' the year I'.tOT was Is. lio,].. an<l I he highest Is. !ld. 1 have IIS 

 cases of thirty-si.y dozen each storeil at present. For ordinary eg^s the- 

 lowest price ohtained thronahout 1!H)7 was Nf-xl.. the hiahest '1^." 



Chaftek VIII. 

 General. 



(ilenhrook Fai'm is a s(iuari' lilo(_-k, hai'riuii' the ]iulilie school corner. 

 For the rearing, housing, ami general pui|io>c of the farm there arc- 

 erected eighty-si.x houses, Ayith yards or runs. The houses are from (> ft. 

 X ■) ft. G in. to seyeral yery large o;ies ranging up to 120 ft. x 1 *_' ft. 

 Plight through rlie yards, except where the newlydiatehed dut-klings are,, 

 there is a system of continuous ojien troughs, througli which a constant 

 stream of city water flows, the stock taking their su]iply as it passes along. 

 The supply is from a stand-pipe on tlie highest jmrtion of the farm, the 

 tap being turned on to a grade sufficient to allow enough f(U' the wants- 

 of ducks and f(uvls. This system has tln' adyantage of supplying fresh 

 cool water in the warmest days, and sayes a large amount of manual and 

 horse labour. At the lower eml of the farm and fui'thest from the dwel- 

 liiig-house, is the boiler and other appliances for cookiiiL;' and manipu- 

 lating the food, which for such a stock is so considerable that a li(U-se is. 

 employed a moderate portion of the day hauling a slide loaded with food 

 to the various yai'ds. The ]iroprietor could not exactly tell what weight 

 of food was consumed daily, but assuming that young and old ayeraged 

 1 oz. each, that would come to over a ton carteil dail\- to the stock, irre- 

 spectiye of the large ipiantities of Inan. |iollai'd, wlieat, and maize used. 



.MthouLih the yards foi' the Lirowing ducklin-js and stock ducks are very 

 large, still with the excrement they xioii become foul. .\t this stage they 

 are ploughed uj) and sown with barley or maize, which in a short lime- 

 not only sweetens the ground, but affords a continuous suply of most 

 succideiit gi'eeii fooil. which is chaffed and mixed with the other materials.. 



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