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are tlie chickens, — make them larger, and prices 

 must rise. 



The importation of eggs and poultry from 

 abroad is enormous; I do grudge to see our 

 farmers throw away so great a source of profit. 

 All keep poultry on a greater or lesser scale, 

 thereby admitting the necessity of such stock, — 

 now, if kept at aU, let it be of remunerative kinds. 

 My maxim is, " Whatever is worth doing, is worth 

 doing well," — and I would rather see our agricul- 

 tural husbands " hen-pecked '" all their Kves, than 

 beaten by foreigners. 



Let us give our neighbours useful lessons in 

 poultry, as in the management of the farm, and 

 they must succumb, in spite of their more genial 

 climate. 



Perhaps my little book may assist in this 

 laudable endeavour; a certain degree of know- 

 ledge is necessary to organize a system. 



I assure my readers mine is not merely theory; 

 they may judge of this by my facts. To backup 

 this pretension, figures are requisite, and they are 

 forthcoming. 



