CHAP. YIII 



] FARMING FOR LADIES. 181 



given to them cold. They are also occasion- 

 ally supplied with pulverised oyster-shells, 

 and sometimes a small portion of gravel is 

 given to them in their food. The expense of 

 keeping, with the produce in eggs for two 

 separate years, was as follows :" — it is ad- 

 mitted "that they pick up a portion of their 

 own living by their own efforts during the 

 day." 



First Year. ^ j 



4 Bushels of barley . . 16 6 



2 Ditto sharps . . 5 1 



i Ditto pollard . . 1 



i Ditto bran . • 54 



£1 2 U 



No. of eggs 710. 



Second Year, 



d. 



2i Bushels of barley . . 110 



9^ Gallons of sharps . . 3 6^ 



7 Ditto pollard . . 9 



4 Ditto bran . . 6 



15 ^ 

 No. of eggs 594. 



Now, on looking to this difference in the 



cost of feeding — -which is rather more than 



it would be at present — and to the number 



of eggs, one cannot but be persuaded that 



the falling off in the produce of the second 



year was occasioned by the diminution of 



