152 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap, vi. 



Looking, however, to the annual support of 

 a couple of cocks, each with a dozen of hens 

 and pullets of any good breed for the supply 

 of a family, and meaning them to be abun- 

 dantly fed with corn, without the advantage of 

 a stable, their consumption would, in round 

 numbers, amount to three quarters of barley, 

 or three quarters and a half to four of oats, 

 or at that rate, per year ; but if furnished with 

 the kitchen scraps, and having the use of a 

 paddock and stable, nearly haj^ that quantity 

 may be saved. 



This saving would not indeed amount, at 

 the present price of either species of grain, to 

 more than about forty shillings, and we are 

 aware that there may be ladies who deem such 

 a paltry economy as not worthy of notice. But 

 to these we respectfully beg leave to intimate, 

 that if not a matter for consideration in point 

 of frugality of expenditure, it is of importance 

 as a principle of conduct in the management 

 of a household ; for there, as in the business 

 of life, it ought to be an axiom that nothing 

 should he thrown away. The carelessness of 

 a mistress begets that of her servants, and 

 leads them to become pilferers, if not to the 



