186 Plans — Spring Pullets. 



stead of enjoying that repose which alone 

 can ensure the wished for object ; irregu- 

 larly fed and cleaned, until they are so 

 stencked and poisoned in their own excre- 

 ment, that their flesh actually smells and 

 tastes of it when smoking upon the tahle. 



All practical and practicable plans have 

 their pecuhar advantages, among others, 

 that of leaving poultry to forage and 

 SHIFT FOR THEMSELVES ; but whcre a stea- 

 dy and regular profit is required from them, 

 the best method, whether for domestic use 

 or sale, is constant high keep from the 

 beginning, v^hence they will not only be 

 always ready for the table with very little 

 extra attention, but their flesh will be su- 

 perior in juiciness and rich flavour, to those 

 which are fattened from a low or emacia- 

 ted state. Fed in this mode, the spring 

 PULLETS are particularly fine, at the same 

 time most nourishing and restorative food. 

 The pullets which have been hatched in 

 March, if high fed from the ieat, will lay 

 plentifully through the following autumn, 

 and not being intended for breeding stock, 

 the advantage of their eggs may he taken. 



