May 3, 1920.] 



Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



357 



weight of pollard is then mixed thoroughlv into a mass of a consistency 

 that can be balled by the hands under slight pressui-e, and will fall to pieces 

 when thrown down. Should the pollard be of a coai'se description, less 

 bran is used. On the other hand, should it be fine, more bran is used. The 

 nutritive value of both is so nearly identical that, from that point of view, 

 the proportions are immaterial. 



As much chaffed green lucerne as the birds will eat is given at midday. 

 The shell grit supplied consists of two-thirds sea-shell to one-third crushed 

 oyster shell. This is, of course, always available to the birds. 



Mortality and Disease. 

 There are no special features worthy of mention regarding the health of 

 the fowls. The casualties were a few more than in the previous year, forty 

 nine as compared with forty-three, the details being :• — 



The Monthly Laying. 



The following table has been prepared to show the monthly egg yield in 

 the different sections. It will be seen that the heavy breeds attained their 

 highest average (2r3 for 300 hens in section B, and 22-0 for forty-two hens 

 in section C2) in August, while the best results for the light breeds (21-7 

 for 180 hens in section A, and 20 9 for eighteen hens in section CI) were 

 <jbtained in October. In the twelve months, 106,420 eggs were laid, e^ual to 

 197 eggs per hen, the average of the different sections being :- — ■ 



(Section A ... 203 eggs per hen. Section CI ... 1 95*4 eggs per hen. 

 B ... 190-4 ,. „ .. C2 ... 191-8 „ 



THE MONTHLY LAYING. 



■ Only 294 birds competed in Section B in April, 1919. 



