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On the Rearing and Management of Poultry. 



1 saw a pure bred bird of this kind, T have admired it. Its 

 bearing- is graceful and stately. Its flesh is all that can be desired 

 by the most fastidious epicure. The hen lays a fine, large, and 

 delicately-flavoured egfj. She is a most abundant layer, and can 

 scarcely be surpassed by any other breed. Should she have one 

 drawback, it is in the largeness of her eggs. Large eggs do not 

 bring their relative value ; and it would be ridiculous to suppose 

 that they do not require more nutriment to produce them than 

 smaller ones. 



The Game Fowl. — This variety, which was at one time so care- 

 fully bred on account of its indubitable courage in the ring, is. 



Game Cock. 



we are happy to say, not now wanted, in consequence of its pug- 

 nacity, except by the "poultry-fancier," or by a class of men who 

 stand low in the estimation of the public. I might therefore 

 have passed it without remark, had not its beauty been the theme 

 of universal admiration by all lovers of nature. Who ever saw a 

 well-bred bird of this breed, at a lonely cot, in full plumage, 

 without seeing an animal as perfect as can be imagined ? All his 

 bearings are graceful in the extreme, and his colour delightful. 

 In size this breed is less than many others. The flesh is of 

 prime quality. The hens lay well, but do not rank in the first 



