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old, weighed, the Cock six pounds five ounces, the Hen four 

 pounds six ounces. Some allowance must be made for the 

 circumstance that both were moulting, and that the Hen had 

 laid fairly during the season, and had not yet (Oct. 4) relin- 

 quished the charge of her second brood of Chickens. She 

 laid exactly three dozen Eggs in the spring, and then sat. Af- 

 ter rearing her Chicks admirably, she again laid a smaller num- 

 ber of Eggs, and sat. The best Cockerel and Pullet of the 

 brood hatched April 5th, and which had only ordinary care 

 and feeding bestowed upon them, weighed, on Oct. 4, five 

 pounds eight ounces, and three pounds and thirteen ounces, re- 

 spectively. 



The reader will be better able to judge what weights Fowls 

 may be reasonably expected to attain, after the inspection of 

 the following lists of the live weights of various Poultry, with 

 which I have been obligingly favoured. But as the birds were 

 generally out of condition, in consequence of their being 

 mostly at that time on the moult, and also from the previous 

 wet season, the weights are less than they would be under more 

 favourable circumstances. 



One list (H. II.) gives 



LBS. oz. 



" Black Polish Cock, three years old 5 3 



Ditto Hen ditto 3 4 



Ditto Pullet 2 6 



Golden Polish Cock 5 



Ditto Hen 3 8 



Another Hen 3 10 



Gulden Polish Pullet 2 8 



Malay Hen 3 12 



Creole (Silver Hamburgh) Hen 3 1 



Black Nondescript Hen 4 10 



Globe-crested Polish Hen 3 9 



Silver Polish Hen 3 4 



