FOWL BREF.DiNG. 
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; of horses, as Morgans, in the papers of different 
j parts of the country. A comparison of these 
descriptions and their originals, with the cut at 
I the head of this article, may serve, in some de- 
I gree, to show whether the animals truly repre¬ 
sent the stock whose name they bear, or are 
| only counterfeits. 
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FOWL BREEDING-. 
Your correspondent from West Meriden, (Ag- 
: riculturist for May, page 149.) says, that he ob¬ 
tained about an average of 12, 22, 23, 24, and 20 
I eggs from 16 hens, during certain months, 
amounting to 101 eggs each, during the laying 
a series of years, more than about 80 eggs from 
each, per annum ? I still think not. All fowls 
will not lay alike—not even our common hens. 
But to answer the gentleman’s question, and 
state why some lay 60, and others 100 eggs, I 
cannot, for I have yet to learn that there is so 
great a difference. I think the difference gen¬ 
erally is from 75 to 85, or nearly so. This 
arises from the breed, or from the quantity or 
quality of their food. He says: “ Suppose one 
should keep only the class of fowls that pro¬ 
duce 100 eggs per annum.” Now, will any 
gentleman give the case where he has obtained 
100 eggs each per annum from his fowls, dur¬ 
Morgan Hunter.—Fig. 44. 
season, and he takes my estimate of 80 eggs 
per annum, as too low. Mr. L. says “ about ” 
12, &c. This word “ about ” destroys the cor¬ 
rectness of his statement. It might have been 
more or less eggs that he got, as it appears that 
he did not keep a correct account, or he would 
not have used that word, which is the grand 
ing several years in succession ? It should be 
observed that my remarks have all been made 
relative to keeping a large number of fowls, 
and any number less than 25 hens, would hardly 
be a fair criterion to judge of the correctness of 
my statements. Mr. L. gives his fowls a range 
of eight acres, and only 16 of them. They 
salvo to all misstatements. I, too, said about ought to lay well. Few fov/ls can have such a 
80 eggs per annum, as a general product. 
Now, if one man gets only 70, and another 90, 
while the general product is about 80, I am cor¬ 
rect. The word about , I omitted in a subse¬ 
quent sentence; but no one could have misun¬ 
derstood me. I admit that fov/ls, in some cases, 
in some seasons, where but a few are kept, will 
exceed 80; but the question is, can one keep 
from 25 to 100 or more fowls, and get, through 
range. Give us the figures positively next time 
friend L.—no more “ abouts.” 
I kept the cross of the Poland and Dominique, 
on Long Island. I had about 200, and consider 
them number one. Some years, I got 80 eggs 
each, and some years more, but never 100. . I 
have not matured my poultry stock here yet. 
T. B. Miner. 
Clinton , Oneida Co., iV. Y., May , 1851. 
