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after. In ttie same way, if you fancy the Spanish, the Hamburg, 

 the Andalusians, the Minorcas, or the lyeghorns, and keep fowls for 

 the number of eggs which they will produce, I say, choose the variety 

 which best suits you. 



So, if your object is to produce the greatest number of eggs for the 

 least money, you don't want any of the larger breeds; or if your object 

 is the production of meat, you do not want any of the Mediterranean 

 breeds. I think, however, most farmers are better adapted to a union 

 of the two objects, and desire a fowl which will lay a good quantity 

 of eggs, and at the same time have a good sized carcass when a chicken 

 is desired for the table, so would recommend some of the varieties 

 of Plymouth Rocks or Wj^andottes, or some other of the medium- 

 sized fowls. 



I will close by saying that no farmer should expect to be successful in 

 poultry-raising, unless he takes and carefully reads some of the numer- 

 ous papers devoted exclusively to the raising and care of poultry. An 

 enterprising farmer can not afford to be without an agricultural paper, 

 and in no part of farm work should there be more deviation from the old 

 style of farming than in the care of poultry. , So I consider it necessary 

 for a live, energetic farmer, to take at least one good wide-awake potiltiy 

 journal. ' ' 



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BRONZS TURKBY, 



