6 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap. i. 



and fatting-houses, furnished with flues to 

 preserve an equal temperature : the whole 

 fronting a large paddock in which the fowls 

 have the constant liberty of roaming between 

 the intervals of their meals. But it may be 

 truly said, that — 



" 'Tis use alone that j ustifies expense, 

 For splendour borrows all her rays from sense ;" 



and perhaps the best arranged for the com- 

 fort of the fowls, without needless outlay, is 

 that of Earl Spencer, at Althorp, of which the 

 following is a view of the cottage occupied by , 

 the attendants — ■ 



