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particular enclosure is necessary ; but when 

 numerous, and it becomes important to ren- 

 der them profitable, it is absolutely necessa- 

 ry to keep them within certain limits. No- 

 thing has a more slovenly and out-at-elbows 

 look, than to see fowls ranging about a farm- 

 house, roosting upon carriages and harness, 

 intruding into and defiling the kitchen, and 

 even the parlour, dipping into the swill-tub, 

 scratching up the garden, and committing 

 other abominations. It is painful to see 

 children occupied, more than half their time, 

 in chasing them out of the garden, the wom- 

 en good souls ! scolding away their sweet 

 tempers, and the men grumbling, when a 

 few dollars judiciously expended, with a lit- 

 tle extra attention, would remedy the whole. 

 No man who respects himself or the rights 

 of his neighbours, no one who regards true 

 economy, or even the ordinary decencies of 

 life, or is desirous to bring up his children 

 in habits of order and neatness, or to give a 

 good example to others, will permit his cat- 

 tle or even his poultry to run wild about his 

 grounds or in the road, or more frequently 



