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Other varieties of the Domestic Fowl there are, which it ig 

 not deemed necessary particularly to notice, as the Adrian 

 Fowl, of which Aristotle says, they lay "everyday, and some- 

 times two Eggs a day," the Sausevere Fowl, the Alexandria, 

 the Carux, the Lonabardy, the Media, the Rhodes, the English 

 Dwarf and Raven, the Widow Hen, and the French large- 

 footed Fowl. Those which we deem the best have been, we 

 hope, accurately described, and their several qualities noticed; 

 and it now only remains to say, that should this trea- 

 tise ever reach a second edition, all Fowls with which we 

 meanwhile become acquainted, possessing qualities worthy of 

 notice, shall find a place in the work. 



COLONEL JAQUES'S CHICKEN COOP. 



The following extract of a letter, received from my friend, 

 H. L. Devereux, Esq., of Boston, will show the fancier the 

 success with which Chickens may be raised by an artificial 

 mother, and also give a capital idea of the right sort of coop for 

 young Chickens, whether to be raised with, or without their 

 natural mother. He says : 



I will now say a few words about Chicks and Chickens, 

 which, if you think worthy, you are at liberty to insert in your 

 forthcoming book. In all the Poultry books I have seen, there 

 are very poor specimens of " chicken coops," some with a bar- 

 rel turned down, and the poor Hen tied by the leg ; others, 

 with a coop shaped like a Major's cocked-hat; not one of them 

 properly answering the purpose for which they are intended. 

 The following drawing, which I send you, is from the original, 

 first got up by that veteran breeder, Col. Samuel Jaques, of 

 Ten Hills Farm. It is light, easy to be removed from one 

 place to another every day, or as often as you please. It has 

 a tight, and an open part, answering the double purpose of 

 setting the Hen, and keeping her and the Chicks in ; until they 



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