I. TURKIES, 
Mr. Carpenter says, “ are held in more estimation 
than other sorts of tame fowls; they require more at¬ 
tention in rearing, but may be bred in all countries, 
but do best where there is plenty of growing wood ; 
they are fond of acorns, and their eggs are esteemed 
delicious ; since turkies have become so common, the 
capons, though a fine fowl, are not so much sought 
after ; however they would be very profitable to those 
that may cultivate them, on account of their rarity.” 
2. GEESE. 
“ In the neighbourhood of commons and waste lands^ 
that have been lately enclosed, there appears a scarcity 
in the breed of geese, which the poor people had used 
to rear, and sell them in a iean state to farmers, to fat¬ 
ten in stubbles for the table; but they must for time to 
come, be bred on the farmer’s premises.” Geese are 
reckoned salutary and wholesome to horned cattle; and 
Mr. Carpenter says, from his own observation, that on 
farms, where geese are kept to graze with horned cat¬ 
tle, such cattle are less subject to disorders, than whepe. 
few or no geese are kept. 
3. FOWLS. 
These are of many sorts, and generally plentiful in 
country markets; and those who are at the pains to 
rear 
