HIGH PRICED POULTRY.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 81, 20 March 1883, Page 3

HIGH PRICED POULTRY.

One thousand pound-* sterling according to the Knglish Live iStnck Journal, is what n Mr Procter values some <>f his Cochin China fowls sit, and has recently pos ; tively refused one-tenth of that amount p;;ch tosome of them. His establishment f'-r rearing these valuable fowls is in the vicinity of the cathedral town of Durham, and is said to be the most perfect thine: of the kind in all Knylarid There is one thing in the rn»ir>agem^nt of his poultry houses, which is different from any we have before beard of. and that is. he makes the nWof sand, and nil »ws no roosts '1 he fowls sit upon this at uijfht, and lay their eggs upon it by flay- '^ ie sand is taken away afW becoming a little solid and replaced with fresh. For heavy birds, like the Cochin, and especially those bred of the largest sizr>, as if the case wi h Mr Proctor's, this s^nd roost is probably the ' est thing* for them as it prevents crooked breasts, and tends to keep the fowls clear of lice. Grass plots k<>pt closely cut with the lawn mower are kei>t for ! them to run on and pick, shaded by trees from the hot sun. In wint.r the houses are lighted and warmed by large windows; and all are weil yen tilated. 'Ihe ground is kept dry by tile drainage, and thus winter and fumni t, everything 1 is well arranged for health and comfort.— Exchange.