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tions. Frequent rains are needed if they are to carry out 

 well as to fall feed, and also to put them in good condition 

 for next year. 



Oats and Barley. 



Both these crops have been below the average as to both 

 grain and straw. Barley is but little raised for grain. As 

 late-planted forage crops they are generally doing well. 



Poultry Keeping. 



No particularly new facts were elicited by the inquiry as 

 to poultry keeping, but our conclusions of previous years, 

 viz., that poultry keeping is generally on the increase ; that 

 the most attention is paid to it in the south-eastern counties, 

 where the income derived from it is fully equal to that from 

 the dairy ; that even without special care poultry keeping is 

 a profitable branch of farming, and that with proper atten- 

 tion it must be one of the most profitable — were again con- 

 firmed. Attention is again called to the article at the end 

 of this bulletin, on " Poultry keeping on the farm," which 

 must prove helpful to any one interested in poultry raising, 

 and particularly to those just starting in the industry. 



