The Pleasures and Profits of Our Little Poultry-Pane. (Chapman and
Hall.) —The writer of this little book obtained good returns in the way of amusement and of money from his venture, and is benevo- lently anxious that his readers should meet with the same experience.. He begins by buying a freehold cottage, with two acres of land, for £210. Fortunatus nimium ! Then he made a profit out of pigs, out of the garden-stuff, out of bees, and last, but not least, out of poultry. First, some game-fowls yielded a profit of £5; then, some Spanish fowls showed a balance of £21 on the right side ; and finally, some Brahmas made nearly £9 in six mouths. But our readers must judge of the book for themselves. The experience it details is the experience, it must be understood, of twenty years. Of coarse, poultry-farming, like everything else, must be done with all one's might, and must not be a by-work. Perhaps, it might be combined.
with literature. If we should have the opportunity of trying, the readers of the Spectator shall have the benefit of our experience.
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