THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



February, l9l4 



but which is acclimatised here, and 

 gives good results, iiere it is not very 

 well known, but in France it is very 

 popular, and is recognised as one of 

 the choicest of breeds for the table. 



Les 1-averolles is a breed that has 

 been obtained by grafting on an origi- 

 nal stock some of the best varieties 

 known, and which were most suitable 

 for table requirements. In its family 

 tree is to be found the blood of the 

 Dorking, iloudan, and Crevecoeur; all 

 these help to make the Faverolle a table 

 bird of highest merit. The progeny of 

 this desirable breed are very precocious,, 

 and fatten readily. It is quite possible 

 to have twelve-week-old chickens to 

 weigh 31b. each. 



Les Faverolles do especially well 

 when suitably crossed for table pur- 

 poses. An experiment was made at 

 the College Poultry Farm, Theale, 

 England, in which Les Faverolles and 

 Buff Orpingtons were bred together. 

 It is related that the progeny made the 

 most rapid growth out of 60 birds. 



Apart from their excellent flesh-pro- 

 ducing quality, Les Faverolle hens are 

 very prolific layers, more especially in 

 the winter time, of medium-sized eggs. 

 They are also capital sitters and mo- 

 thers. 



♦ 



To Cure the Broody. 



The seasonable item that now con- 

 fronts all farmers is undoubtedly the 

 broody problem; and instead of Ijlindly 

 following most people's methods, i.e., 

 waiting till the birds become broody to 

 effect a cure, we can cure it (to a great 

 extent) by prevention, and when this 



fails then to adopt heroic methods. 

 Employing the lirst method we must 

 drop all stimulating and blood-heating 

 rations, such as meat and maize, there- 

 by also effecting a saving in the feed 

 bill, as it doesn't pay to feed much ani- 

 mal food now. Also give a blood 

 cooler pretty often in the shape of 

 salts, and don't forget prenty of green- 

 stufT feed, and as grain, mixture of fat 

 oats and wheat. Try this method and 

 note the result. For those which this 

 treatment fails (there are bound to be 

 a good number) procure a big colony 

 coop, water the floor and put roosts in, 

 let a draught play under the coop, and 

 put a couple of vigorous males in, and 

 1 can positively guarantee it will cool 

 the ardour of the hottest member in 

 two days, especially when in. sight of 

 laying flock. Later on in the season 

 the broodies may be made to moult 

 early by confinement. — Exchange. 



♦ 



Killing Fowls by Dislocation 

 of the Neck. 



To kill fowls by the dislocation of 

 the neck take the bird by the legs in 

 the left hand, catching the extreme 

 ends of the wings in the same hand, 

 to prevent the fowl fluttering; then 

 grip the bird's head between the first 

 and second fingers of the hand, the 

 palm of the hand being uppermost, 

 and press the thumb on top of the 

 head, the back of the fowl being up- 

 wards. The legs should be held 

 against the left hip of the operator, 

 and the head laid against the right 

 thigh, near the knee. The fowl should 



I absolutely -refuse to take second 

 place with any remedy (no matter 

 what price) for healing Burns, 

 Boils, Sones, Cuts, etc., or Bron- 

 chitis in Children, 



(Signed) BATES' SALVE. 



then be quickly and firmly extended, 

 at the same time pressing the thumb 

 and bending the head suddenly back- 

 wards, so that the neck will be dis- 

 located just below the junction with 

 the head; death will immediately en- 

 sue. Muscular contraction will take 

 place for a few minutes, so it is best 

 not to place the fowl on the ground, 

 as thus it will damage' its flesh. Some 

 poulterers, in ' addition to dislocating 

 the fowl's neck, run a knife through 

 the neck just below the ear, so as to 

 allow the bird to bleed, and to render 

 its flesh whiter. But if the fowl bf 

 hung by its feet for a minute or two 

 directly after the vertical column is 

 broken, the blood will drain to the 

 head and neck, and there will be no 

 necessity to use a knife. It is, of 

 course, of great importance that the 

 blood be thoroughly drained from the 

 body, otherwise the flesh will present 

 a reddish appearance, which gives 

 the carcase a common look, and de- 

 tracts from its value in the market. 



♦ 



Water Supply. 



A abundance of pure, |fresh drink- 

 ing water should always be kept 

 before the fowls. The water sup- 

 lilv .seldom receives as much atten- 

 tion as it should, and many times 

 the hens sufler from this cause, al- 

 though the trouble is generally at- 

 tributed to some other trouble. 

 Plenty of water is indispensable to 

 the fowls, and is as necessary to 

 their health and comfort as to that 

 of human beings. The drinking 

 vessels should be scalded out once 

 a week and a few drops of car- 

 bolic acid added to the water with 

 which they are scalded, in order to 

 kiU disease germs if any are pre- 

 sent. 



The best of all soils for the rearing 

 of horses is the limestone, which is be- 

 lieved, and with reason, to promote the 

 development of bone and size. 



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