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tatoes, and will certainly be attended with more trouble and labor 

 and exhaustion of soil, if a business is to be made of their pro- 

 duction. 



HENS, 



To be kept laying through the winter, must have warm quar- 

 ters and be fed considerable animal food. 



In order to fatten fowls rapidly, they should be well supplied 

 with charcoal, broken into small pieces. They will become very 

 fat if shut up and fed on this substance alone. 



