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as upon plan. Without attention to either, failure is 

 certain. With only one, success can be but partial. 



These are only suggestions to those who are interested 

 in the subject. This little treatise is full of suggestions 

 of a practical character, valuable even for those who 

 are keeping poultry only upon a small scale. If I suc- 

 ceed in placing it within the reach of those who have 

 sought in vain to procure a copy, I shall have accom- 

 plished my object. 



CHARLES L. FLINT, 

 Sec'y Mass. State Board of Agriculture. 



BOSTON, May 8, 1867. 



