i 9 4 AGRICULTURE 



Other good non-sitters Andalusian, 

 Ancona, Redcap, 



Best sitters and layers of brown eggs in 

 order named Silver Wyandotte, Buff Rock, 

 White Wyandotte, Buff and Gold Wyan- 

 dottes, Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, Langshan. 



In considering table fowl for size, quality 

 and rapidity of growth Mr Palmer places 

 first, the first cross from Indian Game and 

 Dark Dorking Hen, and when quality only 

 is required substitution of an English Game 

 Cock for the Indian. Faverolles are also a 

 very good breed. 



Breeds for When, however, the object is to combine 

 s as many good qualities as possible, that is to 

 get from the pullet the largest number of 

 eggs, and from the cockerel qualities for 

 table, a first cross gives the best results as, 

 for instance, Houdan-Leghorn, Houdan- 

 Minorca, Houdan-Ancona, Barred Rock- 

 Leghorn, Langshan-Minorca. Now, however, 

 that the county councils have made instruc- 

 tion in poultry keeping one of their regular 



