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twenty per cent, of the butter produced here is sent out of the 

 county. 



POULTEY. 



The bronze turkeys are my favorites, they are hardy and 

 grow to a fine size. Nearly all turkeys slaughtered are also used 

 here. I have raised some that weighed twenty-eight pounds. 



GEESE. 



The Embden variety is the best to raise, as the birds of 

 this variety are hardy, and their flesh is equal to the best. I 

 give the geese " a wide berth." I conclude they are not profit- 

 able adjuncts to the farm. Indeed, according to my way of 

 thinking, a goose on the table is worth half a dozen on the farm. 



DUCKS. 



The Rouen is the most profitable. I have several larger 

 kinds, yet the former are the most hardy, and are just as good 

 on the table as any. 



CHICKENS. 



For laying purposes, I prefer the Leghorns ; for the table 

 perhaps there are none more profitable than the " Plymouth 

 Rock," as several desirable qualities are combined in the latter.' 

 I have a flock of common guineas and a dozen pea fowls ; these 

 I need to keep up the music of the barnyard, and create a 

 commotion when any strange thing occurs. The chicken 

 cholera is at times felt more or less on every farm; our best 

 kinds always die first. While I have lost turkeys, guineas, and 

 chickens, I have never lost a duck or pea fowl with this dreaded 

 epidemic. I guard against it by keeping the henhouse clean 

 and sweet ; whitewashing and scattering lime freely in and 

 about their house. 



FLORAL HOME, 



was originally most all prairie. The timber was in 1834 about 

 three feet high ; it is now about forty feet, straight and vigor- 

 ous. The land is well drained, and as productive as any of the 

 land in the county. I have all the timber and stone needful 

 for ordinary purposes. A good quality of bituminous coal can 

 always be easily obtained, not remote from any of our farms. 



