52 GENERAL TREATMENT. 



dance to your establishment, and for the poul- 

 terer. Chickens and eggs should be plentiful all 

 the year round ; where poultry are kept on a large 

 scale, the purchase of either should be unknown. 

 By keeping pallets of those breeds that lay early, 

 you command a supply of eggs for daily use all 

 winter, and often have an overplus for market at 

 its dearest season. I shall elsewhere detail the 

 method I have found most effectual, for preserv- 

 ing eggs for kitchen use, during the scarce season ; 

 in summer, they are plentiful and cheap, and, as 

 I said before, too good for market. 



I think I have now given all necessary instruc- 

 tions for the treatment of poultry kept on a 

 somewhat extended scale. Amateurs, who have 

 limited accommodation, should keep only a few 

 first-rate fowls, say a Dorking cock and two 

 hens, two Cochin and two Brahma Pootra hens. 

 These latter lay all winter, sit soon, and bring 

 out Dorking chickens much earlier than the 

 Dorking hens themselves, which are tardy 

 sitters. 



The Cochin and Brahma eggs, being dark in 

 colour, are easily distinguished from those of the 



