PREFACE. 



terest to most colonial and continental agricul- 

 turists. 



The antiquated idea that fowls on a farm did 

 mischief to crops is now exploded. If the grain 

 is deeply deposited (as it should be), they cannot, 

 by scratching, get access to it; besides, they 

 greatly prefer worms and insects, and may thus be 

 considered good friends to the farmer. Poultry 

 will more than repay any little outlay expended 

 upon them ; they will always command a mar- 

 ket ; and when we see the immense quantity of 

 eggs that are imported into our large towns, we 

 ought to consider if our own farms could not 

 supply our own wants. If it pays to rear poul- 

 try for market in Prance, it must surely pay at 

 home. It is computed that a million of eggs 

 are consumed daUy in London and its suburbs, 

 and the proportion of these contributed by home 

 farms is very small. This is not as it shoidd be. 



I shall now take leave of my readers, in wish- 

 ing them as much enjoyment in their poultry- 



