. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ording to Zoro-aster, sacred ani-mals, — one as theguardian of thehouse and hearth,the other as theherald of the dawnand thus the symbolof light and the wefind Idomeneus andPasiphae, descend-ants of the Sun,bearing the image ofa cock upon theirshields. In latertimes the cock hasremained the symbolof vigilance and of ^^^ knowledge. How many interpretations have been given of itscrow ! It is said to indicate the place of buriedtreasure. Black cocks are in communion withthe Evil Spirit; they addle eggs, they pred
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ording to Zoro-aster, sacred ani-mals, — one as theguardian of thehouse and hearth,the other as theherald of the dawnand thus the symbolof light and the wefind Idomeneus andPasiphae, descend-ants of the Sun,bearing the image ofa cock upon theirshields. In latertimes the cock hasremained the symbolof vigilance and of ^^^ knowledge. How many interpretations have been given of itscrow ! It is said to indicate the place of buriedtreasure. Black cocks are in communion withthe Evil Spirit; they addle eggs, they predictill luck, they tell peoples fortunes by peckinggrain, with which they form letters and words— an art that was called alectryomancy, inhonor of one of the three Furies, who presidedover the performance. To this day in Bohemiaand Silesia the peasants tie a black cock toa tree, round which they dance ; and if a mar-riage is contracted during Lent they solemnlytie a cock in a chair, put a red cap on its head,decapitate it, and eat it to the strains of funereal. music. In Germany the cock is actually aweathercock on the steeples of Catholicchurches; whereas that on the Lutheransteeples is a swan. The cock must have appeared in Greeceabout the middle of the second century ,reaching other parts of Europe in the nextcentury, but not be-fore. Saint Peterhad good cause toknow of it in thefirst century ;and in the fourthcentury the monas-teries began to applythemselves gener-ally to the breedingof poultry. BishopMartin sent greatnumbers from Italyinto France and Ger-many, where, after awhile, the peasantrywere allowed to paytheir .taxes in poul- :ocK ^^y ^^^ ^SSS, a fact which greatlyfavored the propagation of fowls. II. Poultry in Europe and in AmericaIt was inevitable that the raising of poultryshould excite the interest of farmers through-out Europe. Countries like France, Belgium,and Denmark have from this source within afew years annually increased the nationalwealth
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