17b FAKMING FOR LADIES. [cuAr. viii. 



good condition, the hen will lay more and 

 larger eggs of a better flavour. 



The weight varies from If to 2i- ounces, 

 and the eggs of Malay fowls and their crosses 

 with Dorkings are not unfrequently found to 

 weigh full three ounces. We, however, re- 

 cently weighed several eggs produced by the 

 ordinary breeds and fed in the usual way, the 

 largest and the smallest of which were seve- 

 rally as follows : — 



ozs. grs. ozs. grs. 



Weight of the largest.. 2 105 of the smallest .. 2 35 



„ yolk...O 338 „ yolk 336 



„ white ..1 157 , white 1 94 



„ shell ...0 90 „ shell 85 



The eggs were weighed before being 

 boiled, and the difference in weight, after 

 being boiled, only amounted in the one in- 

 stance to 14 and in the other to 5 grains ; 

 which, as there are 480 in an ounce, is 

 scarcely perceptible : but, although the weight 

 of one was 70 grains greater than the other, 

 there only appears to have been two grains 

 difference in the weight of the yolk, and this, 

 whether arising from constitution or mode of 

 feeding, could not be ascertained. 



As to quality — although eggs vary consi- 



