IlS POULTRY BREEDING IN 



finer appearance ; however, they use no flour, as with us, 

 to give an old hen the appearance of a chicken. 



The fat poultry is drawn and dressed by cooks ; they 

 make an incision under the leg to withdraw the intestines, 

 by which means the fowl is not disfigured. 



6. UTILIZING THE WASTE PRODUCTS. 



Poultry Manure. 



In France, as well as in our own country, most eminent 

 chemists have proved by analysis that poultry manure is 

 a most valuable fertilizer ; and yet, for want of a proper 

 system in housing poultry, it has as yet not been rendered 

 available to rural economy. The celebrated Vauquelin 

 says that when the value of manures is considered in 

 relation to the amount of azote they contain, the poultry 

 manure is one of the most active stimulants ; and when, 

 as a means of comparison, the following manures are 

 taken in parts of 1000, it will be found that, 



Horse Manure contains .... 4.0 parts of azote. 



Guano, as imported, .... 49.7 " " 



Guano, when sifted of vegetables and 



stones, 53.9 " 



Poultry Manure, 83.0 " " 



In France, as in England, the poultry manure is left to 

 accumulate in the poultry homes, to the loss of farmers 

 and to the detriment of the health of fowls. 



The Feathers 



Are carefully collected and sorted, and when well dried 

 sold to dealers. 



