American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . re, iu Great Brit-ain, ; showing very nearly twice the prod-uct iu Great Britain of all these cereals. Thecomparison of the root crops is quite as favora- ble to England. Yet the soil and climate otNew York are as well suited for all thesecrops, with the exception, perhaps, of difference is mainly one of as much skill and capital invested in outfarming we can show quite as good results. TheEnglish farmer, as a rule, does not own his land,but has a much larger capital invested instock, tools, fertilize
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . re, iu Great Brit-ain, ; showing very nearly twice the prod-uct iu Great Britain of all these cereals. Thecomparison of the root crops is quite as favora- ble to England. Yet the soil and climate otNew York are as well suited for all thesecrops, with the exception, perhaps, of difference is mainly one of as much skill and capital invested in outfarming we can show quite as good results. TheEnglish farmer, as a rule, does not own his land,but has a much larger capital invested instock, tools, fertilizers, and labor. He manuresliberally, and cultivates thoroughly, and getshis reward. If one who hires the land canafford to go to this expense, we who own ourfarms can much better afford it. The Englishaverage yield has been increasing for years;oufs is decreasing. Is it not about time tofarm more thoroughly, and turn the tables? Hens Nests.—Among the numerous handycontrivances which Mr. J. H. Mabbett, of JerseyCity, has in his very complete hen-house, are. Figs. 1 and 2.—hens nests. his box nests, of which we made a sketch andpresent an engraving. These boxes are madeof three-quarter inch boards, planed, and meas-ure 12+12+15 inches, the measure from frontto rear being greatest. They may be made withboth bottoms and tops, if desirable, but it is bet-ter to use one box as the cover for another, orto cover one course of boxes with a wide board,which will form an alighting shelf for nestboxes set upon it. The square end presented tothe front has a pear-shaped hole sawed in it,widest at the bottom. This remains open, butthe piece which comes out of it is fastened by ascrew in its small end, so as to form a lid to ahand-hole iu the back end, as shown in fig. boxes may be arranged in three or fourcourses, and by alighting shelves and laddermade entirely accessible to fowls, while the eggsmay be removed from the rear without disturb-ing the hens. Sitting hens may have eggs
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