. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. A GENERAL-PURPOSE HEN,. Chapter VILLAGE HENNERY. In cold weather keep your eyes open and the cracks in thehen house closed.—Harriet. The hen turns grass into greenbacks, grain into gold, andeven coins silver out of sand. Persons living in towns and villages may often-times find pleasure and profit in keeping a smallflock of poultry. The mistake most frequently madeby those who undertake to do so is in attempting tokeep too many. When confined in small yards theybecome unhealthy and unproductive ; i
. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. A GENERAL-PURPOSE HEN,. Chapter VILLAGE HENNERY. In cold weather keep your eyes open and the cracks in thehen house closed.—Harriet. The hen turns grass into greenbacks, grain into gold, andeven coins silver out of sand. Persons living in towns and villages may often-times find pleasure and profit in keeping a smallflock of poultry. The mistake most frequently madeby those who undertake to do so is in attempting tokeep too many. When confined in small yards theybecome unhealthy and unproductive ; if permitted toroam they become a nuisance in the neighborhoodand a prolific source of unneighborly feeling andof disputes which only a justice of the peace cansettle. To maintain a peaceful mind and a quiet com-munity attention should be paid to the variety offowls kept, and to the yard fences. The Asiaticbreeds are particularly fitted by their quiet nature andindisposition to rove for stocking a village not only thrive better in close confinement thanthe smaller and more active breeds, but are
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