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for a dollar per year, the profit is large; but in farming it is never safe 

 to calculate one's profits by arithmetic, for if a flock of fifty fowls or 

 100 sheep, or a herd of twenty cows, produce a certain income, it rarely 

 follows that twice as many will double the profit. This depends strictly 

 upon the conditions and circumstances, the conveniences, and above 

 all upon the skill and experience of the owner. 



The Light Brahma is one of the largest of fowls; a yearling cockerel 

 will weigh ten or eleven pounds, and a pullet seven to eight; the 

 flesh is yellow; the legs yellow; the plumage white and downy, except- 

 ing the tail feathers, and the principal wing feathers, which are black; 

 the neck feathers are mixed with black, forming a broad collar. The 

 legs are feathered down to the toes. The comb is small and pea formed. 

 This is an American breed, the origin of which is now in some doubt, 

 but in value it undoubtedly comes first among all the breeds of 



SILVER SPANGLED HAMBUKGS. 



fowls for profitable keeping, when the requisite care is given to it; 

 otherwise, as with every farm animal of every kind, failure is certain. 



The White Dorking is an English fowl, and in that country is the 

 most popular of all breeds of poultry. The vicinity of the town of 

 Dorking is a noted place for rearing poultry, and is an example of 

 what can be done in this way when a special business is made of any 

 pursuit, and it is persevered in until experience brings success. The 

 Dorking fowls are the oldest breed of poultry in existence, having 

 been kept in Britain before the Romans invaded that country, but of 

 late years they "have been much improved through exhibitions and 

 the competition of breeds. The White Dorking is smaller than the 

 gray or colored varieties and is hardier. It is considered as the best 

 of all the English breeds for poultry, chickens and eggs. All the 

 Dorkings have an extra inner toe, making five in all. 



