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lumella, and strongly confirmed by the quantity 

 bred in the smoky cabbins of Ireland. For setting 

 both turldes and hens, nests should be made in 

 lockers, that have lids with hinges, to confine the 

 if necessary, or two or three will, in setting, cro 

 into the same nest. All must have access to 

 gravelled yard, and to grass for range, and the 

 building should be near the farm-yard, and have 

 water near and clear. Great attention should be 

 paid to cleanliness and white-washing, not for ap- 

 pearance, but to destroy vermin. Boiled potatoes 

 are the cheapest food ; and of corn, buck -wheat. 

 Turkies, while young, demand incessant attention, 

 and must be fed with allum-curd and chopped 

 onions, for which purpose, store of those roots 

 should be kept where they will shoot out and pro- 

 duce much food. If there be not much success 

 in broods, and a certain high price, they will not 

 answer, for the expences are heavy. 



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At the beginning of this month the crop of grass 

 on the old floated meadows will generally be suffi- 

 cient, Mr. Wright remarks, to afford an abundant 

 pasturage to any kind of farming stock, and the 

 water must be taken off for nearly a week, that 

 the land may become dry and firm before the heavy 

 cattle are admitted. It is proper, in the first week 

 of eating off the spring feed, if the season be cold 

 or rainy, to give the cattle a little hay in the even- 

 ing to intermix with their moist food. But the 

 grand application of the young meadow-grass is, 



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