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probably to half as many more. Whatever may be 

 the distresses of the country, at any rate our luxu- 

 ries do not fall off. 



Turkeys are the most tender and difficult to rear 

 of any of our domestic fowls ; but with due care 

 and attention, which, rightly considered, in all 

 things, give the least trouble, they may be produced 

 and multiplied with little or no loss, and the same 

 may be averred with all truth of the rest of our 

 domestic fowls, and animals in general ; the losses 

 and vexations annually deplored, arising almost en- 

 tirely from ignorance and carelessness united hand 

 in hand. Turkeys as well as geese, under a judi- 

 cious system, may be rendered an object of a certain 

 degree of consequence to the farmer. 



