2S2 



In view of the dififerences noted above, the following table of the weights of 

 eggs of different breeds will be read with interest. It may be stated that the weigh- 

 ing was done on one of the scales in the Chemist's laboratory. 



Hens' Eggs. 



Lbs. 



Plymouth Rocks, single egg. 

 do per dozen . 



Brahmas, ^'JJ,^^^^^^- 1 Weighed in February when hens were confined to house. I 



do single egg, weighed May; hens out. 

 do per dozen do do 



Bufif Cochins, single egg . 



do per dozen. 



White Leghorns, single egg . 

 do per dozen 



Wyandottes, single egg 



do per dozen 



Andalusians, single egg. . . . 



do per dozen 



Black Minorcas, single egg 

 do per dozen . . 



Pullets' Eggs. 



White Leghorns, single egg 



do per dozen . . . . 



Red Caps, single egg 



do per dozen 



Plymouth Rocks, single egg . . . 

 do per dozen.... 



Wyandottes, single egg 



do per dozen 



Houdans, single egg 



do per dozen 



Black Minorcas, single egg 



do per dozen. . . . 



Coloured Dorkings, single egg. 

 do per dozen . . 



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Oza. 



9 

 2f 



11 



1^ 



7i 

 2 



7i 

 2 



2 

 7 

 2 

 8 

 2 

 7 

 2 



The Poultry Show at the Industrfal. 



During the feecond week of the industrial fair held in Toronto in the month of 

 September last a visit was paid to the poultry exhibit, which was up to a high 

 standard of excellence. The 8ame excellent arrangements for accommodation, care 

 and feeding of the stock so conspicuous the previous year were again noticed. At a 

 meeting of the Ontario Poultry Association, held in one of the rooms above the main 

 offices, upon invitation of the president, a short address was made, in which the 

 progiess of the work carried on at the Central Experimental Farm was described. 



The Wild Geese. 



At th*^. beginning of May the wild geese were removed to runs outside, where 

 they had access to tanks of water. They had apparently " paired," and the two pairs 

 were placed in separate runs. Soon after one of the geese laid an e^g, which was 

 followed by three others. Two of the eggs were placed under a large Brahma hen, 

 which was bi'oody at the time, and the goose was allowed to sit on the remaining 

 two, but did not sit contentedly, the nest being evidently in too exposed a place, and 

 the eggs did not hatch. One of the eggs under the Bit^hma hen proved unfertile, 

 while the other, at the end of 28 days, was found to contain a full-sized gosling, but 

 dead in the shell. 



