CHAP. Yii.] FARMING FOR LADIES. 167 



and around Wokingham, in Berkshire, where 

 it is as well, if not perhaps better understood 

 than in any other part of England, and an 

 account of which we have lately received from 

 an eminent breeder in that neighbourhood. 



" As chicks, they should be kept in good 

 condition, and the earlier they can be put up, 

 when about two months old, or when separated 

 from the hen, the better will they go on in 

 fattening. To do it speedily they should be 

 separately cooped and warmly covered, but, 

 as that may be inconvenient, they should be 

 placed in a small, dark chamber, which in 

 cold weather should be kept very warm, and 

 they should be never allowed to go out. In- 

 deed, their being left loose, even in a small 

 room, materially impedes their fatting, and it 

 is far better to coop them ; keeping them, at 

 the same time, undisturbed by the noise of 

 other fowls, or by the cleaning out of the coop 

 more than once, or at the most twice, in each 

 week. Each coop should be only large 

 enough to contain a single bird ; or parti- 

 tions may be made to that size in a large one, 

 and the chicks may see each other from the 

 bars. The front should have a trough for 



