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our cruelty to animals is thoughtless and unconscious ; and in 

 the march of progress the good treatment of today will be 

 found to be poor treatment twenty-five years hence. Bring 

 your fowl in smaller numbers, carefully weeding out poor speci- 

 mens, put them in clean, roomy coops. As the winter draws 

 to a close, bring your fowls together in perfect health for breed- 

 ing good fowls, and give your attention to the progeny all 

 through the season ; and when the exhibition of 1882 opens, 

 favor the public with the result of your labors. We know a 

 few farmers whose main object in keeping poultry is to fertilize 

 and raise to good condition their farms. These are men who 

 cannot afford to lose anything by the operation. Courage and 

 perseverance in this department, as in all others, secures us the 

 means of life forever. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GEO. J. PETERSON, ) ., .,, 

 B. AV. GOODING, \ ^owmtfree. 



