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OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS. 



inferior. She has neither the alertness, courage, 

 nor tender solicitude of the fowl ; she is but 

 little apt in their defence, and has no idea of 

 calling them around her and teaching them to 

 pick and search for food. They require, 

 therefore, unremitting attention, until they are 

 fairly reared, and this is a work of no little 

 trouble, for although the adult turkey is so 

 hardy, a shower of rain will kill the chicks, and 

 irregularity of feeding will thin their numbers 

 rapidly. Linnseus remarks that the young 

 relish garlic and nettles, and must be defended 

 from rain and hunger. Curd, the green part 

 of onions chopped, and boiled nettles, boiled 

 eggs, barley meal or oatmeal kneaded with 

 milk or water, chopped beet or turnip leaves, 

 etc., constitute the diet on which the chicks 

 best thrive. They should not be exposed to 

 great heat or cold, and it is better to have the 

 brood hatched rather late in the spring, when 

 the weather becomes settled, than at an early 

 period. 



Turkeys are crammed in order to attain the 

 requisite degree of plumpness for the London 

 poulterer ; and it is principally from Norfolk 

 that the London markets are supplied. This 

 process of fattening, in the case of turkey 



