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F A it Al E R S ' REGISTER. 



viewed, lluu is gradually rising from the loin to the 

 Belling ol ihe neck, vvlucii ao;;iin springs upwards 

 thick, lull, and muscular — nor do I otijecL to a 

 sligiu hollow aliout the middle ol' the back, capa- 

 cious Join, epredd oui hips, and well connecled 

 rumps — wide and llesliy in the twist, legs short, 

 light boned, and under the sheep, not stuck out 

 like four props to a hay slack. 1 covet not a thick 

 fallow tail, but must haveawell woolled belly. Oilier 

 breeders possibly have better sheep ; I know what 

 mine cost, and what they pay, and in this respect 

 am a coniented man. I had more to s;iy, but (ear 

 I am trespassing. Piiautical. 



P. S. Ol' course 1 have been speaking of the 

 muscular I'rame, not ol' the I'atty obliteration of all 

 form, in my liock of sheep. 



HEXKRY — NOT HENUY. 



From the Maine Cultivator. 



Hencry, says our neighbor Adams of the Tem- 

 perance Gazette, is to hens, what |)iggery is to pigs 

 or rookery is to rooks, — he might have added, or 

 hoggery to hogs, and cowery lo cows. We are 

 glad to find him so learned in these matters, and 

 especially lo see him willing to turn his knowledge 

 to a practical account. 



During a late visit in Winihrop, he noticed Iho 

 henery establishment of Rev. D. Thurston, which 

 as he thinks it an improvement on the common 

 method of keeping hens, he thus describes in the 

 last Gazetle : 



^^ Improved Ihnery. — We are not sure that 

 Ilenety is a dictionary word, but we suppose that 

 our readers will understand n. If not, we would 

 say that henery is lo hens, what piggery is to pigs 

 or rookery to rooks : a place where these useful 

 leathered bipeds congregate and perlbrm the ap- 

 [iropriate duties of their station. We lately met 

 with one of these establishments, which seemed to 

 us so excellently adapted to its purpose, that we 

 have thought it worth a brief description. 



First, then, in the upper part of the barn is an 

 apartment 12 feet squarp, boarded eoas to prevent 

 the escape of what is^put within it. Here the 

 fowls are to roost, lay their eggs, and perlorm all 

 their in-door work. At the distance of a rod and 

 a half from the barn, on the borders ol'lhe garden, 

 is another apartment of about the same dimensions 

 as the first, surrounded by a high lence, made of 

 lath stuff, sawed two inches wide, and nine feet 

 long, and put on close enough to prevent the hens 

 from getting out. These two apartments are con- 

 nected by a covered way, which passes from the 

 Bcaftbld of the barn, in what some would call a 

 s/anfmdicu/rtr direction, to the lience, about three 

 feet from the top, and is continued down to the 

 ground in the inside of the yard. This is made 

 tight top and bottom, and on one side, but with 

 open work on the other side. Through this cov- 

 ered way, the inmates of the establishment pass 

 when they choose, taking the air and enjoying the 

 prospect, and when they come into the out door 

 apartment, they indulge, ad libitum, in their lavorite 

 amusement ofscratching dirt and devouring gravel. 



The result of the whule is, they are kepi under 

 perfect control, and yet enjoy all that liberty which 

 is eeseniial to their health and comfort, and when 

 you want a fresh egg, you have only to lift a lid 



over a row of little apartments, in which their nesis 

 are made, and you will find at almost any time of 

 the day, a plenti'ul supply. The little chickens 

 too, as soon as ihey are large enough to make ex- 

 cursions abroad, will be ready to perform an ex- 

 cellent service in the garden, by devouring the 

 grubs and insects. Thus ihe inhabitants of our 

 villages and of our cities even, who have "scope 

 and verge enough" to possess a barn and a gar- 

 i den, can keep as much poultry as they choose, 

 without inlringing in ihe least upon the laws of 

 good neighborhood. Those who may wish to in- 

 spect the establishment we have described, may be 

 gratified by calling on the Rev. D. Thurston, of 

 Winihrop." 



The plan, doubtless, is a good one. By such an 

 enclosure, the (owls are kept from doing damage 

 in cultivated grounds, are prevented from roving 

 to their own hazard and injury, and will, ifproper- 

 ly fed, lay their eggs and rear their young belter, 

 ihan if they enjoyed a more enlarged liberiy. Care 

 should be taken, however, when they are confined 

 to supply them liberally with water, gravel, lime 

 and animal food — such as fresh meat, worms, &c. 

 In this way, people in large villages and cities can 

 keep hens as well as if ihey lived on larms in the 

 country. Indeed, it would be better for farmers if 

 they would, at certain seasons of the year, keep 

 their poultry in such an establishment. 



We do not know as we understand the necessi- 

 ty or the benefits of separating the yard from the 

 barn, by the distance of a rod and a hall of unoc- 

 cupied ground, connected by the "covered way," 

 or lube leading from the barn to the yard. Our 

 establishment diH'ersfrom the foregoing chiefly in 

 this particular. The yard is directly attached lo 

 the back side of ihe burn, from the wall of which a 

 roof projects, under which are poles for roosts. This 

 is a shelter from the rains and winds. On a level 

 With the floor of the barn, two holes are cut, seve- 

 ral feet distant frdm each other, sufficiently large 

 to enable a hen lo enter one and skulk out of the 

 other into the yard again if she wishes. The hens 

 like secrecy in these important matters. Within 

 the barn is a long chest, covefed by a lid, having 

 a communication with the yard by the holes albre- 

 said. The chest is partitioned ofi into nests, where 

 each hen is allowed lo lay her eggs " alone in her 

 glory," little suspecting, perhaps, that the lop of 

 her excellent place of concealment is liable to be 

 opened, and her eggs taken away by humaa 

 stratagem. 



OF THE WASTE LANDS OF FRANCE. 



From Arthur Young's Agricultural Survey of France. 

 SoLONGE. — There is, in this province, such a 

 large mixture of waste, even in the most cultivated 

 parts, and cultivation itself is carried on upon 

 such barbarous principles, that there will not be 

 much impropriely in considering ihe whole as 

 wasie ; to every spot of culture called a larm, a 

 much greater proportion of rough sheep-walk and 

 wood (eaten down and destroyed) is annexed ; so 

 that any good (armer, who got possession of 1000 

 or 1500 acres, would conclude the whole as waste 

 and treat it accordingly : by much the most un- 

 productive and poorest part of such a tract would, 

 in every case, be the lands at present under the 



