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strains at the Royal show A recent addition was a boar bred from 

 " Gippsland Queen," a sow which secured the champicuship at the Syd- 

 ney Royal Show for the best sow of any breed. Great demand exists for 

 the stock, and pigs are sent all over the State. Twelve pedigreed pigs 

 were sold to settlers for breeding purposes during the past six weeks. 



The section that has made the greatest development during the past 

 few years is the poultry. Great credit is due to Mr. Rugg, the poultry 

 manager, for the advances made in this direction. Over 2,000 stud 

 poultry of all ages are now comfortably housed in warm buildings. The 

 great majority of birds are White Leghorns, which breed has established 

 a reputation for laying. Black Orpingtons have also been kept in 

 smaller numbers, and recently a commencement has been made with 

 Rliode Island Reds. Tliis latter breed is especially valuable for table 

 purposes, being well fleshed, and giving heavy weights when dressed. 

 Great saving in labour is effected by housing the bii-ds in a large laying 



Laying Shed for Housing 500 Pullets. Wyuna State Farm. 



shed. The flock is divided into two sections — the commercial section 

 (500 pullets housed in one shed) and the breeding section — housed in 

 neatly constructed pens. The birds are fed on dry mash — bran and 

 pollard mixed, and always available — and grain is thrown at night on the 

 straw in the fore 2>art of the laying shed. Every other day a wet mash 

 containing lucerne and a small allowance of meat meal is fed to the birds. 

 The brooder house presents an interesting sight. Over 1,200 birds have 

 been hatched out this season, and these graduate from the incubators 

 through the brooders, thence to moveable sheds on young rye grass and 

 Jucerne pasture, finally to the big shed or cockerel pens. Wyuna is 

 rapidly establishing a name for high-class poultry. Progeny from 

 Wyuna birds hold the world's record for egg laying (1,699 eggs for six 

 birds in one season). Both eggs and birds have been sent to evei-y State 

 in the Commonwealth, and also to New Zealand. Over 3,000 eggs of 

 White Leghorns have been distributed as settings to settlers in various 



