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four separate profits : first, the breeder has 

 his on the rearing ; after him, the higgler who 

 travels the country, as a purchaser to supply 

 the city, has his also, on the sale to the dealer 

 or poulterer ; who, lastly, sells them for full 

 double their original cost. 



Having here shown the yearly maintenance 

 of fowls of a large breed, when corn was 

 higher than at present, to be Ss. lOd. each, 

 while the annual average number of eggs 

 layed by each hen was 163, we now beg 

 leave to call attention both to that statement, 

 and to the following estimate : — 



Su})posing the five fowls last-mentioned to 

 have been purchased when full-grown chickens, 

 and to be worth only the same price when old 

 fowls — we have seen that the weight of good 

 sized eggs is from 2 ounces to 2^ ounces ; 

 that the shell weighs only a few grains ; and 

 that the eggs lose nothing worth naming in 

 their weight on being boiled. But, supposing 

 the pullets' eggs to weigh only If ounce, 

 and those of the hen 2i ounces, their joint 

 weight would be — 



710 Pullet's eggs, at If oz., 1242^ oz. = 771bs. 10 oz. 

 594 Hen's eggs, at 2^ oz., 1188 oz. = 831bs. 8 oz. 



161 lbs. 2 oz. 



