302 NORFOLK SOCIETY. 



Hiram W. Joneses Statement. 



The sixteen fowls exhibited by me, are a sample of thirty- 

 five kept by me the past year. They are kept in a warm house, 

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

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

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

 frequently supplied with sweet, soft hay, for nests. In this 

 house they are kept, except during warm days in winter, when 

 there is no snow on the ground, and at such other times as 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 Current, from Sept. 22, 1849, 



TO Sept. 23, 1850. 



DR. 



To 15 fowls, at 40 cents, . . . $6 00 



30 chickens, at 30 cents, . . 9 00 



Average cost of keeping per week, 90 



cents, 52 weeks, . . . 46 75 



Keeping chickens, . . . 5 50 



#67 25 



CR. 



By 35 fowls, at 40 cents, . . $14 00 



315 dozen eggs, at 16 cents, . 50 40 



89 chickens sold, . . . 40 53 



11 early pullets, at 35 cents, . 3 65 



10 chickens, killed in November, 1849, 3 75 



Manure, . . . . 5 00 



$117 33 

 67 25 



$50 08 



They were fed with corn, oats, barley, and buckwheat. 

 Grass sods were put into their house, once or twice a week, in 

 the summer. 



Dover, Sept. 23, 1850. 



