The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . abundance of eggs and plentyof chickens, will reward the care and atten-tion of the industrious and careful house-wife. There should always be a storm houseprovided for poultry, with a southern ex-posure, to which they could retreat in timeof storms or showers of rain, and wherefliey could nestle and do their toilet in thedry earth or sand, and make themselvescomfortable and fit to be seen, when they goforth to seek food or recreation. Hens like privacy when they retire totheir nests, either to lay or to set, and they !should be indulged in their
The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . abundance of eggs and plentyof chickens, will reward the care and atten-tion of the industrious and careful house-wife. There should always be a storm houseprovided for poultry, with a southern ex-posure, to which they could retreat in timeof storms or showers of rain, and wherefliey could nestle and do their toilet in thedry earth or sand, and make themselvescomfortable and fit to be seen, when they goforth to seek food or recreation. Hens like privacy when they retire totheir nests, either to lay or to set, and they !should be indulged in their predilections in iso reasonable a matter, and proper arrange-ment- accordingly made to carry them out The Ayrshire Agricultural Association,at its last meeting, determined upon thepurchase of a Flemish stallion, for the pur-pose of improving the breed in Scotland,the Society being convinced that there is amuch better breed of draught horses in Flan-ders than in any part of Great Britain.—Bos-ton Cultivator. No. 7. The West Highland Cow. 217. THE WEST HIGHLAND COW. In our number for October, we gave the portrait of the Kyloe, or West Highland Bull;the above is a very correct likeness of the cow of that most valuable and highly esteemedbreed of cattle, which inhabit those mountainous and other exposed pastures of Scotland,on which, almost all other races would perish. Although these cattle are known as Black cattle, many of them are of various colours, one of the most favourite, being thewhitish dun, equally hardy with the perfect black, and considered preferable for her milk-ing properties; often, too, she is found handsomer, and exhibiting more desirable qualitiesfor the grazier, being what is called a kind handler. The breed is small, but well pro-portioned; and on those farms which are let on leases, they are carefully tended and betterfed ; when they attain a much larger size. Here, the cows are sent, during the summer,to the glens and moors, which are covered with hard gr
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