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Show FIELD, FARMLAND GARDEN Ii(rcrcnt Rrrcds ol' l oivls. Tlio fcetliup qualities of diflcrcnt hroals of Jowls, ;i3 coiiipaml witli cticli oilier, have hern Init Utile ex-perimentetl ex-perimentetl upon. Tliero is, untloulit-etlly, untloulit-etlly, us niueli tlillerence in poultry in this I'cspeet as in farm animals. J:'iclt ami Ftfory contains, an article on poultry raising in wliieli we lintl the results, of feediii"; several dilK'reul hrectls, the experiment having hmi instituted last year: "Ton pullets each of five hreeds, each within iv week of being six months old, were placed in yards, square, with comfortable houses' forty feet. For the next six months an account ac-count was kept of their food and eggs produced, with the following results: The dark Brahma ate oGtU quarts of corn, oats and wheat screenings, laid (!()." eggs, and weighed 70 pounds; feed cost 77; eggs sold at $10. OS: profit, $-3.-1 . Tito bull' Cochins ate 40G quarts, laid "!1 etrgs,and wciu'hal 73 lbs; feed, W:M; eggs, profit, :?.ol. The gray Dorkins ate ;!0il quarts, laid 4lM eugs, and wcigliexl m lbs; iped,$4.S7; eggs, .fS.7;!; pmiit, ;?o.Sfi. The lloutlans ate 21-1 quarts, laid 78 egu's, and weighctl lbs; feed, $o.oo; eggs, $13.o0; profit s?9.70. The Leghorns alo 231 jj tjiiarts, laid S07 eggs, nnd weighetl 36 pounds; feed, $;!.G2; eggs, 13.o5; profit, O.S3. The reader can easily figure for : himself the relative value of the different dif-ferent breeds in this ease from the results re-sults obtained. A'.r. |