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THE DAIRY AND POULTRY-YARD. 



HAVING concluded all that I think useful to 

 say about farming horses, I will next say a word 

 or two respecting the dairy and poultry. 



I have living in my family a clever old do- 

 mestic, by the name of Susan, who has long 

 superintended the dairy, and has made, perhaps, 

 as much butter as would freight a ship; and 

 churned as much milk as would float it ! Her 

 powers are not now equal to her will and her 

 skill; a fact, however, of which she is not 

 aware, and which it would offend her grie- 

 vously to mention. So we make the best of it ; 

 and render her what assistance she needs, with- 

 out hinting at all, that she cannot do as she 



