MANAGEMENT AND PROFIT OF FOWLS. $41 
20, 1869, (110 days,) 480 dozens eggs, which at 25 cents per dozen 
amounted to $120. The cost of feed during the time was $20, leaving 
a profit of $100, The fowls were well fed with a variety of food, and 
had the best of care. In summer they ranged freely, and in winter they 
were divided into two or three lots and kept warm in a roomy building. 
Mr. Todd remarks that “‘ there is much in feed as well as breed,” a tru- 
ism which is applicable to all farm-stock. 
The profits of poultry-keeping, as shown in the preceding examples, 
are very great, and will appear surprising to those who have given no 
thought or attention to the business. Hens have been kept so long 
upon most farms as a matter of course and their products appropriated so 
generally without credit, that their real value under careful aud intelli- 
gent treatment is seldom duly considered. Objection may be made that 
no account is taken of the refuse of the kitchen and gleanings of the 
farm. It is true that these sources of food supply are valuable, and it 
is equally certain that they would otherwise be wasted in a large 
measure. 
As an item of property, poultry has escaped attention in national and 
State enumerations, except in the census of the State of New York for 
1865, in which the value of live poultry on hand at the date of taking 
that census, and the value of eggs and poultry sold in 1864, are given 
Separately. The value of the poultry owned was $1,858,797 97. The 
value of poultry sold was $1,228,043 96, most of which, undoubtedly, 
was for market fowls. The value of eggs sold was $1,303,010 07; 
making the value of eggs and poultry sold, $2,531,054 03. 
The cases reported above may be those of exceptional success. They 
certainly present the profit of poultry in a favorable light. Nineteen 
examples, in which the record includes a full year, each representing 
from 8 to 154 fowls, together aggregating 720, present a gross return of 
2,013 59, or $2 80 for each fowl, of which a good proportion is profit, 
though the facts are not in every case s0 fully stated as to admit of an 
exact calculation of net profit. 
THE MOST POPULAR BREEDS. 
The profits of poultry-keeping being derived principally from two 
sources—the sale of eggs and of poultry, mostly chickens, in market, 
the question of breed is an important one. For eggs, it would seem 
that, with proper attention and care, the non-sitters are preferable; but 
some of the varieties of non-sitters are not hardy, and the extra atten- 
tion such fowls require may be greater in cost than the enhanced value 
of their production. Fowls have been classified, not only in respect to 
their qualities of flesh and as layers, but also with a view to other char- 
acteristics. The following classification, based on the statement of an 
experienced poultry firm in New York, is approved by Tegetmeier : 
1, HarDiInEss.—Hardy: Brahmas, Houdans, Hamburgs, Créve- 
ceurs, Spanish, and Leghorns. Delicate: La Fléche, Polands, and Ban- 
tams. 
2, QUIETUDE.—Domesitie and quiet: Brahmas and Cochins. More 
vivacious : Spanish, Leghorns, and Dorkings. Active: Hamburgs and 
Games. 
3. Sizk OF BiRDS.—Large: Brahmas, Cochins, La Fléche, Houdans, 
Créveceurs, and Dorkings. Medium: Polands, Spanish, Leghorns, 
and Games. Small: Hamburgs and Sultans. Diminutive: Bantams. 
and Siilsies. 
