266 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



POULTRY. 



MIDDLESEX SOUTH. 



Statement of Mrs. C. Winter. 



I commenced on the first of September, 1858, with four 

 hens, eight pullets, and one crower, being a mixture of the 

 blue dun and native, which I think are a hardy species, not 

 having lost one by disease for three years. They were kept 

 inclosed about nine months of the year, were fed on a variety 

 of food, as per account rendered, mixed with water, and fed to 

 them night and morning, with plenty of pure water. 



Cost of keeping twelve hens and one crower : — 



8 bushels corn, ..... 



4^ bushels Indian meal, .... 

 Scraps, shorts and potatoes, 

 Oats, oyster shells and pepper, . 



Product of eggs and chickens : — 

 116} dozen eggs, 19 cents, . : 

 Chickens sold and on hand, . 



Profit, . $27 24 



Statement of Miss Emma D. Moore. 



I began with a flock of fourteen hens and one rooster, of a 

 mixed breed — the silver pheasant, Poland and common fowl. 

 They have been shut up a part of the time, having, however, 

 the free range of the barn cellar. Their house is on the south 

 side of the barn, where they have the benefit of the sun and 

 air, and have constant access to pounded oyster shells. 



The following is the result of six months' experiment: — 

 6| bushels oats, . . . . . . . . $3 46 



1\ bushels small potatoes, ...... 20 



1 bushel meal, ........ 75 



$4 41 



