132 EGGS. 



door fowl, that is, one which has had the full 

 run of the yard, is quite as palatable, and per- 

 haps more wholesome meat, than one gorged 

 with excessive feeding, without exercise, or the 

 enjoyment of its own notions of quantity and 

 selection. 



The eggs produced in the winter months, 

 are by no means an unprofitable store at 

 Christmas and the festive season. Five and 

 six cents, in hard winters, have sometimes been 

 given for an egg. 



The poultry -yard is sometimes exposed to the 

 depredations of quite a merciless foe the fox. 

 Formerly our farmers were greatly annoyed by 

 these animals, and were obliged to secure their 

 poultry-house, as they did their granaries. If, 

 however, at any time, reynard obtained admit- 

 tance, the defenceless birds were drawn, one 

 after another, from the roost, and slain with as 



