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They will consume annually 23 bushels of 



corn, at $1.10, $25 30 



Interest on stock and fixtures, . . . 3 00 



128 30 



Balance to credit of poultry account, . . . $31 70 



It will be seen that there is here a profit of about forty per 

 cent. It does not follow that the same result will be reached 

 with largely increased numbers ; but if plenty of range be 

 given, and due care taken not to crowd the poultry together at 

 night, the profit will approximate, we think, quite nearly to the 

 above estimate. The value of the manure will more than pay 

 the depreciation of stock and fixtures. 



Let every farmer remember that the almost exclusively laying 

 fowls, such as the Leghorns, Black Spanish, Houdans and Ham- 

 burgs, will be most profitable, if eggs only are his object ; while 

 the Brahmapootra, Gray Dorking, Game, Dominique and their 

 crosses will be the best for general purposes, especially if early 

 chickens are desired for the table. The Brahmapootras should 

 be disposed of after they are two or at most three years old, 

 and no fowl should be kept over four years, unless the breed is 

 choice and rare, as they deteriorate after that time. Let his 

 motto be, not more than fifty in a flock, dry, clean roosting 

 houses, and plenty of grass. With these precautions, almost 

 any breed will do well ; without them, disappointment and 

 failure are almost certain. 



^ Edmund Rodman, Chairman. 



DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



WOECESTEE WEST. 



From the Report of the Committee. 

 BuTTEE. — Butter is an important farm product, when we con- 

 sider its quantity and value, its general use in all classes of the 

 community, and its sanitary influence as an article of food. 

 Butter is now not only a necessity, but a prime article is a lux- 

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