96 POULTRY BREEDING IN 



REPORT OF MR. GEYELIN, 

 MAY 17, 1865. 



GENTLEMEN : 



The nation will owe you a debt of gratitude for having 

 by your discriminating confidence in my plan proved 

 yourselves the pioneers to an increase of our national 

 wealth and comfort. 



The section of the intended building you have inspected 

 to-day must have convinced you that, whilst constructed 

 on the most economical plan, it yet combines all necessary 

 requirements for the health and comfort of poultry, and 

 the saving of labor. 



We are not about to carry out any new invention in 

 poultry breeding, but merely a wise combination of well- 

 established facts ; individually the facts are well known, 

 but a combination of them applied to poultry breeding 

 has hitherto escaped the notice of rural economists. For 

 instance, it is well known, 



That earth is the best and cheapest deodorizer. 



That poultry manure is a first-rate fertilizer. 



That in moderation the gases generated by vegetables 

 are beneficial to animal life, and vice versa. 



That poultry require vegetables, and vegetables manure. 



That poultry cannot thrive on a manure-tainted ground, 

 which consequently requires frequent renewing. 



That the earth requires manuring after each crop. 



