ILLUSTRATIONS 



The House that rented for Fifteen Dollars a Month Frontispiece 



FACING PA<;E 



The Fireplace 6 



The First Hen ("Mrs. Perry") Just turned out into 



Brood Coop . . . . ' 12 



Sheds made into a Chicken Yard 21 



Powdering a New Arrival 28 



Pair of White Wyandottes 33 



A Fine Coop for Little Chicks 37 



A Fine Flock 44 



Yards for Pigeons 48 



Drake 53 



Winter Quarters 60 



The Eight Way to squeeze out the Buttermilk ... 66 



Ploughing Currying 69 



A Pair of Beauties 76 



A Corner of our First Babbitry .80 



Jacko, who comes and goes as he Likes .... 85 



Looking for the Queen 92 



What the Bees give Us 97 



A Flock of Pullets 101 



A Pair of White Guinea-fowl 108 



Market Birds hatched by Hens and as Tame as their Foster- 

 mothers 112 



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