. The American poulterer's companion: : a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, : with illustrations, and portraits of fowls taken from life. . had been leftin the trough of a grindstone, had supplied themwith drink. Since the publication of the fourth edition, the au-thor has received the following very interesting andvaluable suggestions from Col. Wade Hampton, ofSouth Carolina. I have read your treatise on poultry with muchinterest, and have derived from its perusal very manyvaluable suggestions. On the sub
. The American poulterer's companion: : a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, : with illustrations, and portraits of fowls taken from life. . had been leftin the trough of a grindstone, had supplied themwith drink. Since the publication of the fourth edition, the au-thor has received the following very interesting andvaluable suggestions from Col. Wade Hampton, ofSouth Carolina. I have read your treatise on poultry with muchinterest, and have derived from its perusal very manyvaluable suggestions. On the subject of rearing turkeys, I venture tomake you a suggestion or two. As soon as they areremoved from the nest, immerse them in a strong de-coction of tobacco, taking care to prevent the fluidfrom entering the mouth or eye of the chick, and re-peat the operation whenever they appear to , soaked in pepper tea, is the best diet forthem, after they are two or three days old, that I haveever tried. They are particularly liable to chills,which nothing so effectually cures as the pepper. Atablespoonful of Cayenne pepper to a quart of boil-ing water is about the rate at which it is used. 240 THE GUINEA GUINEA HEN. The Guinea Fowl, as its name imports, is a nativeof Africa, and is supposed to have been introducedsoon after the Europeans had visited the westerncoast of Africa, in their voyages to India by the Capeof Good Hope. And they not only have diffusedthese birds through Europe, but transported them intoAmerica; and the guinea hens have suffered variousalterations in their qualities, from the influence ofclimates. Charlevoix pretends that there is at St. Domingoa species smaller than the ordinary sort. But theseare probably the Chestnut Pintador, bred from suchas were introduced by the Castilians soon after theconquest of the island. Those having becomewild, as it were, naturalized in the country, have ex-perienced the baneful influence of that climate.
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