HOW TO MANAGE THE HENCOOR 



BY GILBERT L. STREETER. OF SALEM, 



It is the purpose of the following essay to furnish, in 

 a concise form, information concerning the details of 

 managing the hencoop and poultry yard. The books up- 

 on this subject are so burdened with useless, uninterest- 

 ing and unreliable matter, that their value is diminished 

 in about the same proportion that their bulk is increased. 



Whether fowls are kept for pleasure or profit, it is 

 alike important that they be properly cared for. The 

 same conditions of health and vigor which cause fowls 

 to lay well, to breed successfully, and to grow fat, also 

 promote the symmetrical development of their bodies 

 and preserve the freshness and beauty of their plumage. 

 Probably fowls are usually kept for pleasure and profit 

 both, for show as well as for use. The care of the flock 

 is one of the little gratifications of the farmer's family, 

 and it is, perhaps, even a more agreeable task to the 

 "dusty citizen," longing for the pleasure of rural pur- 

 suits, who rears his choice breeds as a slight indulgence 

 of his taste for country life. The pleasure thus derived 



