REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 



245 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



LIST OF STOCK ON HAND MAECTI 31, 1908. 



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s 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



13 



16 



17 



18 



20 



24 



25 



26 



27 



32 



33 



34 



35 



36 



Breed. 



White Plymouth Rocks. 



Buff Orpingtons 



White Leghorns 



Black Minorca s. . . 

 White Orpingtons 



Faverolles 



Black Haiiibiirgs. . 

 White Leghorns.. . 



o 



o 

 O 



Light I'rahinas 



:Mixed Pullets 



White Leghorns 



White Plymouth Recks 



S. G. Dorkings 



Buff Orpingtons 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 



White Wyandottes. . . . j 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 



White Wyandottes 



Capons 



For breeding and eating purposes. 



Totals . 



10 



a 



16 

 5 



10 

 5 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 5 



4 

 13 

 23 

 22 



10 125 



9 

 I- 

 (S 



U 



o 

 O 



2 

 24 



26 



3 

 P-l 



9 



l(i 

 6 



•7 

 8 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 2 



11 

 7 



10 

 7 

 7 



20 

 17 



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 H 



16 

 14 

 16 

 16 

 12 

 12 

 12 



7 



10 

 10 



5 



4 

 11 



7 

 10 

 11 

 20 

 23 

 22 

 20 

 17 



2 

 34 



Remarks. 



150 311 



Poor egg laying strain. 

 Good II II 



Unhealed house. 



In different pens. 



VISITORS. 



Among the numerous visitors to our department during the year, we had the 

 pleasure of receiving calls from Mr. Alex. Prain, of Homolea, Perthshire, Scotland. 

 Mr. Prain, who was a member of the delegation of Scottish agriculturists visiting 

 Canada last summer, is a leading expert and judge, and owner of a large poultry 

 plant. He, with other members of the commission, was very much interested in noting 

 the evolution from the old method of housing poultry during the winter season in a 

 closed and partially heated building, to the unheated house with a front of cotton 

 rather than of boards. Mr. Prain, on his return to Scotland, was kind enough to send 

 us several settings of eggs from his best pens of White Orpingtons. Another visitor 

 was Miss Fried, a young poultry expert of Russia, who was sent by the Russian 

 Department of Agriculture to inquire into Canadian methods of poultry-keeping. 

 Miss Fried speaks excellent English, and her two visits to our Poultry Division were 

 most enjoyable, and, I trust, mutually beneficial. A third visitor was Miss Edwards, 

 of England, a specialist in Buff Orpingtons, who was attending the Women's Inter- 

 national Congress which met in Toronto. We also had the pleasure of a visit from 

 ]!\[r. Wm. Brown, son of Prof. E. T. Brown of the Poultry College, Theale, Eng. Mr. 

 Brown is making a close examination of poultry-keeping from both Canadian and 

 American standpoints. Many other poultry-keepers who arrived with different excur- 

 sions of farmers were interested visitors. 



EXAMINATION OF 'SICK BIRDS. 



Several ailing birds were sent for examination to Dr. Higgins, Pathologist of the 

 Veterinary Laboratory, Experimental Farm. With his usual kindness, Dr. Higgins 

 gave us his opinion of, and in several cases reported on, the different ailments of the 

 birds examined by him. 



