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that price; but, (were preserved eggs more 

 in use), we would not be so dependent on our 

 gallant allies for a winter pudding; the sun's 

 partiality makes us owe the juice of the grape to 

 the " Gallic cock" but we have no occasion to be 

 indebted to his hens. 



Our own poultry yards should furnish our 

 tables; there need be no limit to our supply of 

 eggs and poultry, — at present, not, by any means, 

 equal to the demand; for a bountiful and " aU- 

 the-year-round " stock, I ask only a fair trial of 

 my advice. 



Every one has experienced the scarcity of 

 poultry in the country; a dire necessity exists 

 for reform, — ^let us have it, and we shall no longer 

 be obliged to eat things — called chickens — too 

 often to be classed only with Pharaoh's "lean 

 kine." 



We have brighter hopes for the future, we will 

 no longer give the "pas" to our continental 

 dealers; we shall equal them, and then cry. 

 Liberty, dgaliU, fraterniU. 



Farmers say that "Poultry rearing is unprofit- 

 able, won't pay, that prices are small," &c., — so 







