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METHOD OF KEEPING DAILY ACCOUNT. 



65 Hens — 3 Cocks. 



April 1, 37 Eggs laid. 



" 2, 29 



" 3, 42 



" 4, 32 



" 5, 34, 44 Eggs to H. K. 



" 6, 30 



" 7, 39, 17 



Total for month. 

 224 Total to H.R. 



Eggs Sold. 



April 3, Mrs. Smith, 1 cloz. at 25c, $ .25 



" 10, Mrs. Jones, 4 doz. at 25c 1.00 



" 21, Piatt & Green, 10 doz. at 28c, 2.80 



Chickens Sold. 



June 1, Mr. Brown, 1 young cock, . . .$ .50 

 " 10, N. Y. market, 25 young cocks, 



2 lbs. each, at 22c. per lb., ... 11.00 

 Less |1, freight and com., . . . 10.00 



Hints concerning the proper care of ducks, geese, turkeys, and 

 other varieties of domestic fowl, we leave to those who have had 

 more experience. Also the best modes of treatment for those 

 special diseases that cause so much annual loss to those who keep 

 the choice flocks of pure breeds. 



The question still comes echoing back to us — does all this labor 

 pay ? "We answer, this depends upon the value we put upon our 

 labor, and our reasons for undertaking it. For ourselves we have 

 two main motives in this employment. The first is, we must have 

 eggs and chickens, and have them in abundance, and have them 

 when they are scarce in the market, and the only way we have 

 yet found to procure them is to raise them ourselves. 



We have tried to train up an assistant who should know just our 

 way of doing things, and who should be able to take entire charge 

 of the flock, and so relieve us of care and labor for a season, but 

 although we can find helpers who will follow directions and obey 

 orders in the minutest details, we have so far failed to train one to 

 have such an amount of good judgment that he could be trusted 

 to guard against and prevent the many accidents that would arise 

 from the want of such attention to unforeseen occurrences. 



Another strong motive for our work is the change it brings from 

 domestic duties, which must be so almost wholly performed within 

 doors. The very frequent occasions for going to the chicken coops, 

 or to the hennery, give us an amount of fresh air, especially during 

 the winter season, that possibly we would think we could not spend 

 time to get in a morning or evening constitutional. 



One other reason for our interest and patience with our feathered 

 family, is that this branch of our home farm operations is com- 

 mitted entirely to our care, and we desire to make it as profitable 

 as any of the other departments that are in the hands of our 

 brothers. 



