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obtain 10s. apiece, and if he takes the trouble 

 to advertise he will find the demand exceed 

 his expectations. Higher prices, hoAvever, 

 are seldom paid for birds which have not 

 some exceptional merit, and these are usually 

 confined to the yards of exhibitors. 



Success in breeding poultry on the lines we 

 have suggested involves something more 

 than the possession of a flock of hens. 

 However skilful the management, the 

 owner must take a pride in his flock 

 and give them the advantage of good 

 housing, with large runs enclosed by well- 

 constructed fences, all being displayed to 

 the best advantage. Buyers are influ- 

 enced by appearances, and the birds are kept 

 cleaner and in better condition on a run 

 well covered with grass, the house being 

 smart, clean, and well lime-washed within, 

 than where they are at liberty, and where 

 in consequence they congregate in the 

 vicinity of a shed in which they roost, 

 and near which they are fed, with the 

 result that the soil is tainted and covered 

 with pools of water in wet weather, the 

 plumage of the birds is soiled, and their 

 general appearance extremely unsatisfac- 

 tory. Buyers can always be invited to see 



