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farmer does not possess. But we feel very confident, 

 after keeping an account with our poultry yards for some 

 time, that when grain is worth sixty cents a bushel, you 

 can make poultry for about seven or eight cents a pound, 

 and eggs for about ten cents per dozen, giving you from 

 one dollar and fifty cents to two dollars profit on every 

 fowl, if you manage shrewdly and economically. In this 

 calculation we reckon the manure as compensation for 

 your labor. 



Is it profitable to raise ducks ? Of this you must be 

 your own judge. All that we have said in regard to 

 chickens will hold true in regard to ducks. They need 

 the same treatment and attention as chickens. They need 

 a little more feed. They will eat more. But they do 

 not need any more water than chickens. They will do 

 better on close confinement than chickens. If you have a 

 good market, try the ducks. The Pekiu duck is our fa- 

 vorite. 



How about turkeys? Well, I should not touch them 

 until they are well cooked and on the table. There is no 

 profit in raising turkeys in Essex county as a business, and 

 they are too costly an ornament for the ordinary farmer. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



ESSAY, BY M. B. FAXON, OF SAUGUS. 



It seems as if enough had already been said and written 

 urging every farmer to have a kitchen garden separate 

 from his crops which are grown for sale ; but observation 

 will show that not one farmer in ten does have a garden 

 that is entitled to be called such in every sense of the 

 word. It is my intention in this essay to try and explain 



