NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 211 



s. d. 



Sept. i Dec. 31, Food o 15 o 



Jan. i July 31 ... ... 425 



Fowls and eggs sold from Jan. i July 31 512 4 



26 Pullets, value ... ... 212 o 



On hand ^ 7 Roosters o 14 o 



12 Bushels wheat @ 25. ... 140 



10 2 4 

 Less food 4 17 5 



5 4 ii 



13 Chickens 030 



4lb. Feathers ... 080 



Profit on eggs, August, say i o o 



Eggs on hand 050 



" P.S. I reared 58 chickens and have the old stock still 

 on hand. I may also add that results such as I have achieved 

 are only to be obtained by the utmost attention to the 

 following points : Scrupulous cleanliness, regularity in 

 feeding, and a supply of pure water and daily exercise in 

 a paddock or grass plot. Fowls will not produce such 

 results if kept constantly in their runs." 



A FEW RULES FOR NOVICES GLEANED 

 FROM THE BEST AUTHORS. 



If you begin by purchasing eggs for hatching, order them 

 from some reliable breeder in your own locality, and thus 

 save the perils incident to their transportation a long distance. 



Before hazarding your (it may be) valuable eggs, be 

 certain that the hen is really broody. You may give her 

 one or two worthless eggs as a trial, or if you are anxious 

 not to lose time divide your setting between two or more 

 hens, and if one prove truant at the end of a few days, give 

 all to another. 



