ADVERTISEMENT. 



The "American Poultry Yard " being now completed, the publisher has thought 

 proper to offer a few preliminary remarks on its design and the manner in which it 

 has been got up. 



Actuated by the most liberal motives, he has, in the first place, endeavored to keep 

 pace with the improvements of the age, in obtaining the best information on the sub- 

 ject, that could be procured, suited to the general reader, and answering, at the same 

 time, the purposes of practico and economy. 



Mr. Browne, the ostensible author of this work, was bred and brought up a practical 

 farmer, and was favorably known as editor of " The Naturalist," a monthly periodical, 

 published in Boston some twenty years ago, and more recently as a civil engineer on 

 our public works, and as the writer of a treatise on American trees. He is an enthu- 

 siastic devotee to the natural and exact sciences, particularly to agriculture and rural 

 economy, having travelled and -resided, for a considerable time in various parts of 

 North and South America, the West Indies, Europe, and Western Africa, with the 

 express object of practically investigating the agriculture and natural features of those 

 countries. From his intimate knowledge of the history and habits of our domestic 

 animals, having devoted, probably, more attention to the subject, as a whole, by read- 

 ing and observation, than any other individual in the country, the task of preparing 

 thiB work was assigned to him. 



Mr. Allen, who has very generously looked over the proof sheets, and favored the 

 public with a valuable Apppondix, is well known as the father and co-laborer of the 

 editors of the u American Agriculturist," and as an experienced and successful breeder 

 of stock, as well as of the choicer varieties of domestic fowls. 



The publisher, therefore confidently presents the " American Poultry Yard " to 

 the public with the full belief that it combines the utmost economy and utility, united, 

 at the same time, with elegance and the facility of obtaining the desired end. 



C. M. SAXTON. 



New York, January 2, 1850. 



