. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. home, but go astray to seek nests in places where they are often stolen, or \vhere never discovered. These birds are, indeed, remarkably wild, and great ramblers, and unless their wings are clipped ^v^]l fly to the tops of the farm buildings, and after survepng the sur- rounding countiT, go wherever they list. There are other drawbacks to the pro- fits obtainable f
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. home, but go astray to seek nests in places where they are often stolen, or \vhere never discovered. These birds are, indeed, remarkably wild, and great ramblers, and unless their wings are clipped ^v^]l fly to the tops of the farm buildings, and after survepng the sur- rounding countiT, go wherever they list. There are other drawbacks to the pro- fits obtainable from these elegant and lively birds. The chickens arc more delicate and diflicult to rear than turkey- chicks, requiring all the nice food and unremitting attentions these are accus- tomed to receive. They must be care- fully watched almost every hour at first, and receive dainty tit-bits from the table, ant's nests, and insects, curds from ihe dairy, and worms from the dung heap. After the horns on the heads of the young birds are fully grown, they are safe, aiul will aftenvards be more hardy and self-reliant in obtaining food than many other descriptions of j oultr}-. In fattening they will not thrive in coops lil<c fowls. The best method is to shut up a number of them together in a roomy outhouse, and supply them wiih plenty of com and cabbages, or some other green food. In Is'orfolk they yield from 6s. to 8s. per couple. Their eggs, too, command the highest price in the market. GUINEA PIG. A small animal of about equal size with a tame rabbit, but having a snout much resembling a pig's. It is kept, lilce fancy rabbits in this country, in hutches. GUMMING. A disease to which all stone fruit- trees are more or less liable, exemplified in copious exudings of gum from the stem or branches. The cause is gene- rally attributed to external injmy-, or ex- posure to severe cold, or to sudden variations of temperature. The most delicate kinds of apricots, peaches, and plum
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