98 DIFFICULTIES IN REARING. 



no doubt that they were greatly increased, even 

 probably to half as many more. Whatever may be 

 the distresses of the country, at any rate our luxuries 

 do not fall off. 



Turkeys are the most tender and difficult to rear 

 of any of our domestic fowls ; but with due care and 

 attention which, rightly considered in all things, 

 give the least trouble they may be produced and 

 multiplied with little or no loss ; and the same may 

 be averred with all truth of the rest of our domestic 

 fowls, and animals in general, the losses and vexations 

 annually deplored arising almost entirely from igno- 

 rance and carelessness united hand in hand. Turkeys 

 as well as geese, under a judicious system, may be 

 rendered an object of a certain degree of consequence 

 to the farmer. 



