348 NEW METHOD OF REARING POULTRY. 



Might be sold butchers* meat. Were I situated in the neighbourhood of 



■with niuch pro- London, or any very populous place, I am confident I could 



fit as cheap as , . ^ ^ . 



butchers' meat, niake an immense profit, by rearing different kinds of 



poultry in the above method for the markets, and selling 

 them on an average at the price of butcher's meat. 

 A child might A young person of twelve or fourteen j^ears of age might 

 th "^sands°in a bring up in a season some thousands, and by adopting a 

 season. fence similar to the improved sheep-fold, almost any num- 



ber might be cheaply reared, and with little trouble. Hens 

 kept as mine are, and having the same conveniences, will 

 One hen might j-eadily set four times in a season, and by setting twice each 

 chickens a year, time, they would produce at the lowest calculation, eighty 

 chickens each, which would soon make them very plen- 

 tiful. 



If this information should be so fortunate as to merit the 

 approbation of the Society, I shall consider myself highly 

 honoured, and my time as having been usefully employed. 



I am, Sir, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



HANNAH D'OYLEY. 



Farther account The most convenient size of an artificial mother for fortjr 

 of the mode of or fifty young chickens is about fifteen inches long, ten 

 jnanagmgt em. ^^^^^ f^^^ jjjgjj j^^ f^ont, and two at the back; it is placed 

 in a long wicker cage against a warm wall, the heat at about 

 eighty degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, till the chickens 

 are a few days old, and used to the comfort of it, after 

 ■which time they run under when they want rest, and ac- 

 quire warmth by crowding together. I find it advisable, to 

 have two or three chickens among them of about a week old, 

 to teach them to peck and eat. The meat and water is given 

 them in small troughs fixed to the outside of the cage, and 

 a little is strewed along from the artificial mother, as a train 

 to the main deposit. It would have given me great plea- 

 sure, to have been able to send a specimen of my superior 

 feed and management, if the season had been rather more 

 advanced, for I think it is not possible for turkifs and 

 chickens to weigh heavier, to be whiter, or altogether better 

 fed than mine are. 



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