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DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



off ; then rub on a little sweet oil, or a little lard or fresh butter "Will do Bh 

 well. 



Egg-Eating Hena— Simple, but Certain Remedy For.— Make an 

 opening into the large end of an egg and let out the contents, beat it up and 

 mix into it enough strong mustard to re-fill it, and paste on a bit of cloth to 

 keep it in : then place it where the egg-eaters can see and get at it. They will 

 " go for it " at once, and as quickly go away. It is too much for them. And 

 as they take it for granted that all eggs are alike, they give up the habit. I 

 cannot see why it would not be as good for egg-eating dogs as for hena. 



POULTRY.— The Ar^rage of Different Breeds as Layers.— 

 Table, -with Remarks ujKDn Best Setters and Mothers, "Winter 

 Layers, etc. — Experiments have shown the following to be about the 

 average laying capacity of the different breeds, yearly, and the weight of eggs 

 to the pound : 



BB£KI>S. 



No. Eres 

 per lb. 



No. Per 

 T«ar. 



No. Per 

 Year. 



Light Brahmas and ) „ 

 Partridge Cochins. ) * ' 



Dark Brahmas 8 



Black, White and | „ 



Buff Cochins ) " 



Plymouth Rocks. 8 



Houdans 8 



La Fleche. 7 



130 



130 



115 



150 

 150 

 150 



Creve Coeurs 8 140 



Black Spanish. 7 140 



Leghorns 8 160 



Hamburghs 9 150 



Polish 9 125 



Dominiques 9 135 



Games 9 130 



Bantams 16 90 



Bemarks. — Thus it is seen that the Leghorns arerage more eggs generally 

 than any other breed, but in our cold northern winters their combs and wattles 

 freeze imless they have a warm house and good care. They sometimes do 

 better than the above average given — remember than the table refers only to a 

 general average. But I see a report in the Blade, from J. Bechtol, Polk City, 

 Iowa, stating that he had bought a " rooster and a puUet of the Leghorns, she 

 beginning to lay February 28, 1882, and up to July 30 — 153 days— he had 

 146 eggs, kept in a yard twenty by forty feet only." 



Next to them come the Plymouth Rocks, Houdans, and the Hamburgs. 

 While I was stopping in Eaton Rapids, Mich., for some weeks, two or three 

 years ago, I saw a gentleman receiving at the erpre^ office, a number of 

 Speckled Hamburgs, and in talking with him I found he had proved them 

 excellent layers. They are quite a hardy breed, too. One writer speaks of 

 the old "Bolton Grays" as being much like the Silver Pencilled Hamburgs, 

 but beating them as layers, quite often producing 200 eggs a year. Thus, 

 aside from the old Bolton Grays, which may not now be obtainable, this 

 writer, J. G. McKeon, of Acworth, N. H„ to the Boston Cultmitor, says that 

 " in his experience no variety of fowls equal the Hamburgs as layers, being 

 small eaters, and wonderfully prolific, but on account of their small size, not 



