Folanders, 33 



Tlie Polanders are not only kept as orna- 

 Micntal, but they are one of the most useful 

 varieties ; particularly on account of the 

 abundance of eggs they lay, being least 

 inclined to set of any other breed, whence 

 they are sometimes called everlasting lay- 

 ers, and it is usual to set their eggs under 

 other hens. Hiey fatten as quickly as any 

 breed, and are in quality similar to the 

 Darking ; their flesh perhaps more juicy 

 and of a richer flavour. 



Beside the Polanders, there is a small va- 

 riety now imported from Holland, called 

 EVERY DAY HENS, which are everlasting lay- 

 C4's. The eggs of the everlasting layers, 

 generally, are not so large as those of the 

 common hens, nor equally substantial and 

 nutritious. This seems an obvious conse- 

 quence. From October 25th to the 25tli, 

 of the following September, five Poland 

 hens laid 503 eggs, one of them only, sit- 

 ing within the time. An average egg weigh- 

 ed I ounce 5 drams, exclusive oftlie shell, 

 which in this breed is very thin ; making^ a 

 total weight of 50|lbs. and a fraction. 



