448 JouK.NAj. or the DErAHXMENx oE Auric ULTUKE. — Nov., 1922. 



The results are as follows : 



The average gain of tiie liglit bref^ds was 1 lb. 3 oz., and of the 

 heavy breeds 1 lb. 12 oz. The shrinkage in the offal of the cooked 

 birds was remarkable; the gizzards of the game fowl and the largc^st 

 White Orpington only weighed 2 oz. eacli, while that of the Black 

 Leghorn used as a check was 4 oz. 



There Avas marked difference in tlu' apix'urancc of the birds when 

 dressed f(vr cooking, and a very considerable difference in llie i|nality 

 of the Hesh wlien eaten, that of the fattened birds being siu-culent anil 

 tender, and the cbeck birds stringy and raihcr tongh. 



('f)iicl i/.sioHs, — For ;ui extra cost ot Id. covering* eighteen days and 

 very lillle (>xtra laboui', cockerels of the ligbt breeds, generally 

 regaixleil as of not much use for tabl(> i)uri)oscs, can be tniiied into a 

 source of revenue and ])rofil, as a])i)roxima(ely one-third was added to 

 the \vci<!lit of cacli bii'd. 



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Students Ploughing. — School of Agriculture, 

 Potchefstroom, Transvaal. 



