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‘“‘ Whether the meat is superior to that of other table breeds I am 
not prepared to say, for the price of Indian game is such that it 
would be a positive luxury to indulge in a ten- or twenty-dollar 
dinner for the sake of determining the superior quality. However, 
I have not the slightest doubt that the Indian game will prove a 
superior fowl for the table. 
‘My own experience with Indian game has been favourable, 
and my opportunities for observing their behaviour in the hands of 
others leads me to think that, as a rule, they have ‘ caught on,’ to 
use a popular expression. 
“ The Hill Poultry Yards of Jannesburgh, New Jersey, contained 
many choice specimens, and the proprietor, Mr. T. W. Hill, who 
was, and is still, a firm believer in the Wyandotte, has decided to 
permanently retain the Indian game in his collection. 
‘‘Mr. Hill breeds for market and fancy, and his two years’ ex- 
perience with Indian game leads him to select them as profitable 
fowls. 
‘Tn order to test their laying powers he made an experiment last 
winter, which resulted as follows :— , 
‘“‘The number of eggs laid by this pen of four pullets is as — 
follows :— 
No, of eggs. No, of eggs: 
April. © x 2 April 16 ... 2 
= Bi es 3 po ealifiae 4 
Sie Ors at 4 ro lth Me 4 
ss Al ee 4 yey aa B} 
Pea poamee 3 se ee 4 
” Gh x 2 4 ¥}I 4 
Pe WON (See 4 i ee 4 
” 8 .. 4 ” 23 4 
me ow 3 3, 24 4 
” 10 .. 2 ” 25. 4 
fre el as f oe 3 
i 2d 3 re 3 
Sie Cae 4 = 
guuae 4 Total in 27 days 92 
» Id 3 re 
“This is an average of 3.40 eggs per day, each pullet’s average 
being ‘85 eggs per day. They were fed as follows :—Mash made of 
bran (40 parts), ground oats and corn (50 parts), animal meal (10 
parts), constituted the morning food, the fowls receiving only what 
they would eat up clean. Raw bone and meat was fed on alternate 
days. Cracked corn, wheat, and oats at night. The fowls had a run 
on a field of green rye. 
