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Extract from my poultry account for 1870 : 



Average number of fowls kept, 14 (2 cocks, 12 hens). Num- 

 ber of eggs laid, 1,783. Average per hen, 148 T 7 2. 



During the year the fowls in my yard averaged — cocks, 2 ; 

 hens, 12 ; chickens, 20. 



Purchased 829.09 worth of feed, and used all the available 

 scraps from the table. Average cost of feed per fowl, nearly 

 85|- cents. 



Stock January 1st, 1870, 14 — 11 Leghorns, 3 common. 

 " " 1871,17—15 " 2 " 



Showing an increase of only three fowls, but with almost an 

 entire change from ordinary Leghorns to one of the finest and 

 best strains of this variety in the country. 



From 107 eggs set, I got 51 chickens. Of these I had but 

 ten, January 1st, 1871. This was the most unsatisfactory part 

 of my year's work. My balance shows : 



Cash paid for fowls, .... $13 50 



" " feed, 29 09 



" " fixtures, .... 8 51 



Interest on land and buildings at 7 per cent., 12 60 



$63 70 



Received for fowls, . . . $14 58 



" " eggs, ... 3 17 



1,638 eggs used, at 30 cents per dozen, 40 95 



Estimated increase in value of stock, 45 00 



-103 70 



Difference, $40 00 



John Eldeidge, Jr. 



It is but due to Mr. Eldridge to state that a trio of his Leg- 

 horns took the first premium over a large number of competi- 

 tors at the late Bristol Central Agricultural show ; and that his 

 stock is not surpassed, if equalled, by any in this section, is the 

 opinion of the best judges who have seen his fowls. It will be 

 seen by a careful study of the above statements, that if Mr. E. 



