Poultry Management on a Farm. By Walter Palmer, M.P. (A.
Constable and Co. ls.)—Mr. Palmer's experience will be found valuable, though it must be borne in mind that the condi- tions under which he has worked are not such as moat keepers of poultry can command. He has had plenty of room. He explains that the two farina on which his "poultry management" has been carried on contain together more than two hundred acres, and he has bad means at his command. "Suit your poultry to your soil," he advises. Very good; but many purses would be ex- hausted before the twenty varieties with which he experimented had been tried. So much being prefaced, we may say without hesitation that the book will be found very useful. Here is a sample of his counsel. In the autumn and winter use incubators for rearing chickens ; in the spring and summer let hens rear the broods. Much may be learnt from the suggestions as to the placing of houses, feeding, marketing, Ice. And there are some instructive balance-sheets. The last may be summarised thus :-
Stock
£399 12 10 Sales £498 19 8i Purchases 459 5 9 Valuation
647
1 0
Labour 133 15 2
}lent 25 0 0
Produce 44 14 0
Profit, £9312x.
Interest for capital is not charged, we see.
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