Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Aug., 1918. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wyuna Experimental Farm 



Poultry for Settlers 



The 1918 Special Matings for Prolific Layers include 



WHITE LEGHORNS 



1. Pure Cosh (World's Record Strains) — 



Hens, full sisters to the mothers of the Burnley winners which estab- 

 lished the world's record for six birds by laying 1 ,699 eggs in twelve 

 months, mated with a Moritz Cockerel of the same strain as the 

 pullet which created a world's record at Bendigo with a total of 315 

 eggs for one year. p^ce, £2/2/- per Setting (16 eggs) 



2. Pure Moritz 



A consistently successful strain in competitions in all the Australian 

 States, holding the world's record for single test. 



Price, £2/2/- per Setting (16 eggs) 



3. Pure Subiaco 



The most successful strain in the Commonwealth, 



Price, £2/2/- per Setting (16 eggs) 



4. Hens, bred from birds mentioned above, 



with an average of 269 eggs for twelve months ; mated to a cockerel 

 of the same strain as that of the world's record winner 1916-17 

 (315 eggs). Price, £2/2/- per Setting (16 eggs) 



All the birds specified above were hatched from eggs laid under the trap-nesting and 

 single-testing system. Each egg in the .various settings will be from a hen with records. 



5. Trap-Nested Hens, average 240 eggs, mated to 

 Cosh Cockerel Price, £1/1/- per Setting 



A limited number of Cockerels and Pullets bred from strains 

 specified above are available for sale. Price, £2/2/- & £1/1/- each 



Note.— W. N. O'Mullane's Champion Burnley Pen (1914-15). which established 



the still unbeaten world's record of 1,699 eggs, was the progeny of a hen hatched 



from a Wyuna setting. This pen realized £75 



