14 GUAM AGIUCULTURAL EXPEKIMENT STATION. 



Icjrgod, lon<];-n()so(l, lean, and slow-maturing class, and is known as 

 "nis-n-lansa," moaning the lance race (PI. Ill, fig. 1), and no one 

 lun-ing once seen the long, tapering snout of a ty])ical animal of tliis 

 class will cjuestion the fitness of the name. Individuals of the 

 "ras-n-lansa" ty])e are similar to the hogs raised in the vicinity of 

 Manila. The sows are unusually prolific and mother their Utters well. 

 Animals of the second class are referred to as belonging to the "ras- 

 n-chabot," or the fat race (PL III, fig. 2), and differ distinctly from 

 those of the type described above. They are short in body and leg, 

 fine boned, and comparatively easily fattened. The sows usually 

 have small litters and nurse them poorly. The type has probably 

 descended from animals imported from China or Japan. 



NATIVE CHICKENS. 



A large percentage of the chickens raised in Guam are of mixed 

 breeds. (PL IV, fig. 3. ) The type most closely approaching a distinct 

 breed is a class known as ''Saigon" fowls (PL IV, fig. 2), which re- 

 semble in some respects the Malay game. These w^ere probably first 

 introduced from French Indo China, and are especially prized for 

 their gameness and good fighting qualities. Other importations have 

 also been made from the PhiMppines of a similar fowl known in the 

 latter place as a " Jolo," and these, with game chickens having some- 

 what similar characteristics and coming from various sources, are now 

 known collectively as "Saigons." There are also a few chickens 

 with ruffled or standing feathers, and these are probably descendants 

 of frizzled fowls introduced from Japan. (PL IV, fig. 1.) Cliick- 

 ens of both these types are, however, comparatively scarce, and 

 the common native mixed class largely predominates. The ordinary 

 native hen is a poor egg layer. In size she is generally somewhat 

 larger than hens of the Leghorn breeds, but lays a much smaller egg. 

 In the number of eggs produced she is also much inferior to any of the 

 standard breeds raised in the United States. As a class, the chickens 

 of this native mixed type are game, and cocks are often trained for 

 the cock])it, though this custom is practiced to a much less extent in 

 Guam than in the Phihppines, where a similar class of chickens exists. 

 In Guam chickens are poorly fed and poorly cared for, and they yield 

 correspondingly poor results. There is always a demand for both 

 eggs and table fowls, and prices seldom fall below 3 cents each for 

 eggs or 50 cents for a mature hen. 



A number of serious infectious diseases of poultry are prevalent in 

 Guam, the most troublesome of these being chicken pox, which 

 causes much loss among young growing stock. This disease seems 

 to be most common during the dry season. 



