POULTRY. 183 



My flock consists of fifteen hens and one crower. They are a 

 mixture of the White Leghorn and native breed. In cold 

 weather I feed twice a day with corn or barley, but in the 

 summer season I find once sufficient, as my fowls are not con- 

 fined, but are allowed the range of the barn and adjoining 

 fields, thus saving several bushels of grain ; they are also kept 

 supplied with clear water, and old plastering, or air-slacked lime, 

 and in the winter occasionally some fresh meat and bones cut 

 fine, which they seem to relish. I feed but very little meal, 

 believing that whole grain is the most natural and healthy 

 food. 



Statement of C. P. Fiske. 



The ten fowls which I present for exhibition are of the 

 Brahma breed, and are out of a flock of 163. I keep but one 

 breed, and let them run the year round. I feed on barley, 

 corn, scraps and oyster shells, twice a day. The 1st of Septem- 

 ber, 1866, 1 had 113 fowls, which I valued at 1213, the market 

 price. 



EXPENSES. 



Cost of keeping, 1145 03 



PROFITS. 



Eggs sold, to the amount of . 

 Fowls sold alive and dead, 

 Licrease of flock, 50 chickens, 



Net profit in twelve months, .... $263 05 



Leaving out of the account the droppings of my hens which 

 is quite an item. 



My fowls after they are one year old are fat all the time, so 

 that I do not have the trouble and expense of shutting them up 

 to prepare them for market. I consider the Brahma fowls the 

 best breed of fowls that we have, taking everything into 

 consideration. 



