UNDER the term Domestic Poultry, we understand Com- 

 mon Fowls, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, and Pigeons. The 

 different varieties of poultry are fitted to bear extremes 

 of heat and cold, and thus they can exist in almost 

 every climate habitable by man. This advantage has 

 not been neglected by emigrants, who gladly cherish 

 these useful and productive birds in different parts of 

 the world. 



The rearing of poultry is a thing less attended to 

 in England than formerly, and for a very plain reason. 

 At the time when small farms were common, the wives 

 and daughters of the farmers themselves took their eggs, 

 butter, and chickens to market, and sold them to the best 

 advantage. The produce of the poultry-yard was gene- 



