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agricultural papers. Almost all pieces written on the subject recom- 

 mend a variety of grain, sueli as corn, wheat in some form, either 

 screenings or rejected, oats, etc. Some kind of green food during 

 winter, and at all times when they are kept in confinement, meat 

 scraps and some form of lime like ground oyster shells, but the whole 

 matter may be ^mmed up as follows : Give them as great a variety 

 of food as possible, and keep in a warm, sunny place. 



We like to see on a farm a good collection of fowls, each kept 

 pure during the breeding season. Keep a flock of turkeys to run at 

 large during the summer and thin out the grasshoppers ; they will 

 almost keep themselves. Some ducks and geese will thrive in the 

 pond or brook near by, and a good flock of hens well cared for are 

 as profitable, considering the amount they consume, as any stock 

 kept on a farm. 



For the committee, 



W. L. BOUTWELL, 



Chairman. 



