The housekeeper's companion : a practical receipt book and household physician, with much other valuable information . ugh to fly in and 6ut of the house, and return to their cages at night or when theywant food, in which case they may be allowed their must have plenty of fine, dry gravel and conveniencesfor bathing, and their food should be barley, wheat, peas,vetches, hemp, and canary seed. They like variety in it, andare fond of bread dry or soaked, the seeds of pines and firs,and linseed and myrtle berries. They ought to have bay saltmixed with old mortar or gravel. The salt i
The housekeeper's companion : a practical receipt book and household physician, with much other valuable information . ugh to fly in and 6ut of the house, and return to their cages at night or when theywant food, in which case they may be allowed their must have plenty of fine, dry gravel and conveniencesfor bathing, and their food should be barley, wheat, peas,vetches, hemp, and canary seed. They like variety in it, andare fond of bread dry or soaked, the seeds of pines and firs,and linseed and myrtle berries. They ought to have bay saltmixed with old mortar or gravel. The salt is good for theirthroats, which often become diseased. Doves generally havetwo broods in the year, two young ones at a time, which theyfeed from their crops. We have been told that they are oftenunnatural enough to neglect this duty; but we do not thinkthis is generally the case. The young are so dependent upontheir parents, that they could hardly be reared by hand. Theyare not very interesting birds, but have great beauty of plumage,and no disagreeable characteristics to detract from their meritsas domestic pets*. TYPICAL PLYMOUTH ROCKS. ?f: I t \ \ I POTJLTHY. Choice varieties of fowls add a pleasant feature to the farmpremises. They engage the attention and sympathy of thejuvenile farmers, and the time bestowed to the poultry yardkeeps them from mischief, is an agreeable and salutary relieffor toil and study, and elicits the taste, the judgment, and thekindlier feelings of humanity, which are to be matured in thefuture accomplished breeder. When properly managed, jdouI-try are a source of considerable profit, yielding more for thefood they consume than any other stock, although their valueis not often considered. The agricultural statistics of theUnited States, for 1839—forty-four years ago—gave its valueat over $12,000,000, and the current value of the poultry in theUnited States is now probably thirty millions of dollars, andits annual product in eggs and flesh is much
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