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fo many as young ones do, nor do the Fowl run 

 fo much into a prepofterous Length as the Pro- 

 dud of young ones. 



The next Thing I fhall treat of with Regard 

 to Breeding, is Places proper for it ^ a great ma- 

 ny are of Opinion, that any Place will do, pro- 

 vided it be an odd One, which Notion will ad- 

 mit of fome Contradiction, becaufe there are di- 

 vers Places, fuch as Hovels, Windmills, S>c. 

 which lie too much cxpos'd to cold Weather at 

 the Spring of the Year : There is here and 

 there a Cottage-Houfe which may ferve for that 

 End, for generally fpeaking, there is a little 

 Garden which affords a great deal of Pleafure 

 and Warmth ; but the beft and moft natural 

 Places to breed early Birds at, are private Farm- 

 Yards, which afford both Plenty and Variety of 

 Meat all the Spring; fuch a Place as this is far 

 preferable to any other that can be found out, 

 where Fowl muft be Hand-fed, for if due Care 

 be not taken both as to Quantity and Quality of 

 Meat, they will decline very much in one Year's 

 Time ; befidesthe Want of Exercife that a Farm- 

 Yard affords, for high Keeping, with a moderate 

 Quantity of Hens, requires Exercife in them as 

 well as Horfes and other Creatures ; but here 

 is the Misforune, there is not one Breeder in 

 an hundred that will be at the Expence of a 

 Farm-Yard ; for fuppofe it to be a Tenant's, it 

 can't be expected to be taken up the whole Year 

 round, without a rcafonable Confideration : In 

 this Farm-Yard I would breed, fometimes out of 

 four, five, or fix Sifters, juft as the Cock required 



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