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merous family, while others are wanting in 

 many points of importance ; but, whatever 

 may be their deficiencies, we can truly say 

 that, provided there be a yard, and a stable 

 or out-house of any kind attached to it, there 

 is not one, however small, in which poultry 

 may not be reared with advantage. The 

 common fowl is distinctively a domestic bird, 

 easily confined, and even if allowed to go 

 abroad, never straying far from its home. 

 If the yard in which the animals are placed 

 be separated from a garden merely by a tall 

 staked hedge, thus forming part, as it were, 

 of the pleasure-ground, this will be found 

 all that is necessary for their security during 

 the day ; while the presence of the chirping 

 broods will impart cheerfulness to the scene, 

 and give an air of domestic comfort and re- 

 spectability to the snug box of any person of 

 unostentatious habits, or even to the Ferme 

 orne of the more opulent. 



In arranging your poultry-yard, you should 

 consider not only its size and convenience, 

 but also the number and species of fowls 

 whic h you intend to keep ; and this must, of 

 course, depend upon the number and style of 



