50 GENERAL TREATMENT. 



are charming additions to the cuisine, but it is 

 not every henwife, who, like Cleopatra, can 

 afford to dissolve her jewels. 



Large sums have probably been required for 

 the purchase of the parent birds, and we value 

 their descendants accordingly. A good founda- 

 tion was laid, regardless of cost, and the progeny 

 must not be sacrificed. 



You may reduce your expenses by selling 

 eggs for setting, at a remunerative price. No 

 one should be ashamed to own what he is not 

 ashamed to do ; therefore, boldly announce your 

 superfluous eggs for sale, at such a price as you 

 think the public wiU pay for them. 



Beware of sending such eggs to market. 

 Every one would be set, and you might find 

 yourself beaten by your own stock, very likely 

 in your own local show, and at small cost to the 

 exhibitor. 



Early chickens may be hatched and sold to 

 Edinburgh and London dealers, who will gladly 

 give L.2 per dozen, ay, and more, for well-grown, 

 straight-breasted white-legged chickens, mode- 

 rately fat. Poultry rearers must not suppose 



