PREFACE 



TO THE SEVENTH EDITION 



I PEEL that, in issuing this seventh edition of 

 " The Henwife/' some acknowledgment is more 

 than due to those who have so kindly expressed 

 themselves as pleased, and also benefited by the 

 study of it. I thank them from my heart for 

 their warm approval and encouragement. When, 

 at the urgent request of friends, I consented to 

 publish my notes and experience of poultry life, I 

 little dreamt of the wide circulation they were 

 to receive. With much fear and trembling I 

 awaited the verdict of the public, and rejoiced 



