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pay for housing, depreciation, and labour, which latter item 

 should not be very great. 



Fowls are said not to stench the land at all for cattle or 

 sheep. They do an immense amount of good in picking up 

 grubs and insects, and also in spreading horse dung, ant hills, 

 &c. ; in fact, in spring and summer, if not kept too thick, they 

 will almost support themselves. They should not, of course, 

 be allowed in standing corn or mowing grass, but they can be 

 easily kept from these by a 3-ft. wire netting run along the 

 bottom of the fence. 



Mr. Haviland states that farmers with, say, 150 to 300 or 

 400 acres of land, can make some 30^. to 60^. net profit per 

 year with comparatively very little outlay by keeping laying 

 hens and looking after them well. 



