130 FARMING FOR LADIES. Tchap. vi. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Feeding of Poultry — Store Fowls — Modes of Feeding — Po- 

 tatoes — Kitchen OtTals — Insects — Verminieres — Experi- 

 ments — Grain, Quantities and Species of — Buckwheat — 

 Indian Corn — Barley and Oats — Boiled Corn — Rice. 



The best general rule for the feeding of all 

 kinds of poultry, and indeed of every animal 

 which is intended to be kept in good condi- 

 tion, is to give them plenty of the food suit- 

 able to their habits ; for if that be not done, 

 they will, instead of improving, probably fall 

 off in their condition, and it will in the end be 

 found "false economy." 



In their wild state fowls live upon berries, 

 upon the seeds and leaves of plants, and upon 

 insects of various kinds ; but, as these cannot 

 be easily obtained in populous places, we 

 mostly feed them, when domesticated, upon 

 the different sorts of grain usually found in 

 our markets, and there can be no doubt that 

 if fed only upon one species of corn, they 

 would still thrive ; for many people -who only 

 keep a few fowls in a stable-yard, never give 



