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Hiram W. Jo?ies''s Statement. 



My fowls have a warm house, seventeen by twelve feet, in 

 two apartments, with a jail in one part, three by four feet, to 

 keep those in, which are inclined to set when I do not wish to 

 have them. The house is furnished with boxes, which are fre- 

 quently supplied with sweet, soft hay for nests. In this house 

 they are kept, except during days in winter when there is no 

 snow on the ground, and at such other times when they can do 

 no damage abroad. Food of some kind, and water, are always 

 kept in the house, free of access. 



Barn yard fowls^ in account curreiit from January \st to Sep- 

 tember 22d, 1849. 



DR. 



To 17 fowls, valued at 40 cts., - - $6 80 



" 8 bushels corn, " 90 " - - 7 20 



4 " buckwheat, '' 80 " - - 3 20 



4 " cob-corn meal, " 50 " - - 2 00 



Refuse bread and potatoes, - - - - 2 00 





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By 15 fowls on hand, valued at 40 cts., 



" 30 chickens, " 30 " 



" 115 dozen eggs sold. _ _ _ _ 



" 17 chickens sold, _ _ _ _ 



" 2 old fowls sold, - _ _ _ 



" 30 dozen eggs, used in my family, estimated, 



" 2 loads manure, _ _ _ _ 



Net profit for 8 months and 22 days, - - $28 18 



By the process adopted to secure the manure and convert it 

 with the compost heap, it proved as valuable as the same weight 

 of guano, applied in the same manner. 



Dover, September 25th, 1849. 



