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The dry mash was made up of one and a half parts bran, one part 

 pollard, half a part oaten pollard, one part green leaf (lucerne), and a 

 third of a part pea meal. Boiled minced liver, at the rate of from 1| to 

 2 ounces, was allowed daily to each pen of six birds. Greenstuff was fed 

 liberally to all the fowls, supplies of lucerne, green maize, silver beet, 

 rape, thistles, barley, and clover being given as available. Fresh water 

 was always provided, raid a regular supply of grit, shell, and ehaieoal 

 was always before them. 



The value of green food for poultry cannot be over-estimated. There 

 is no doubt that its use increases egg-production; and, further, it will 

 help to keep the birds in good health and condition. Suitable green 

 food should always form a considerable portion of the daily ration. 

 One has only to note the large quantity of green food which hens running 

 in a paddock will eat daily, to understand the necessity for keeping 

 penned fowls liberally supplied with lucerne, thistles, &c., &c. 



Interior of one of the Fowl Houses at Burnley. 



General Remarks on the Competition. 



The total number of eggs laid by the 750 birds in the whole of the 

 tests was 134,726, and, reckoning the average price as Is. 3d. per dozen, 

 the return may be roughly stated at £700. 



The prize for the greatest number of eggs was won by Mr. C. E. 

 Graham's Black Orpington hen, which produced 335 eggs. At an 

 average price of Is. 3d. per dozen, this number of eggs would have 

 yielded £1 15s. The prize for a team producing the highest number of 

 eggs went to Mr. G. McDonnell, whose 'six White Leghorns laid 1,405 

 eggs. At an average of Is. 3d. per dozen, these eggs were worth 

 £7 6s. 3d. For the heaviest average eggs laid by any pen, the prize was 

 allotted to Messrs. Bennett and Chapman. Their team of Black 



