POULTRY AND EGGS. 237 



Question. I did not quite understand what you used for 

 your mash for the fowl ? 



Mr. IIawkixs. One-third provender, corn and oats 

 ground together, in equal parts in bulk, one-third middlings, 

 one-sixth meat, and one-sixth cooked vegetables. 



Mr. GiUNNELL. You did not speak of the Game nor the 

 Dorking. 



Mr. Hawkins. No, sir. 



i\Ir. Grinnell. I think that a Game cock and a Brahma 

 hen make an exceedingly good cross. 



Mr. Haavkins. I think they would. There arc some- 

 thinn- of the same nature as the Le2:horn and Brahma. 



Mr. Grinnell. You confine yourself to Plymouth Rocks. 



Mr. Hawkins. I have the Wyandotte and Plymouth 

 Rock. 



Question. What is the origin of the Wyandotte? 



Mr. Hawkins. The Wyandotte 1s produced by crossing 

 the Dark Brahma with the Silver-spangled Hamburg. They 

 are a fowd of medium size. 



Mr. MuNSON. I did not understand what the speaker 

 said of the Hamburgs. 



Mr. Hawkins. I said nothing good of them. I don't 

 think I mentioned them excepting just now. I was asked to 

 state the origin of the Wyandotte, and I said they were the 

 result of a cross of the Silver-spangled Hamburg and Dark 

 Brahma. 



Mr. Grinnell. You get black legs, don't you? 



Mr. Hawkins. No, sir, orange yellow ; the best colored 

 legs of any fowl I ever bred. 



Question. What is the cause of gapes in chickens, and 

 what is the remedy ? 



Mr. Hawkins. It is caused by worms in the windpipe, 

 and those result mostly from filth around the buildings. 

 The best way to prevent the trouble is to have nothing of 

 that kind about ; but if fowls are attacked with it, they can 

 be confined in a barrel, lime put in the barrel, and they will 

 breathe the fumes, which will cause them to choke and 

 throw the worms out of the windpipe. That is the best 

 remedy I am aware of, although I never had any trouble 

 from the disease. 



