The Story of Our Poultry Farm. By Edward Roper. (Southern
Publishing Company. ls.)—English people are always being exhorted to anticipate the foreigner from whom we buy untold millions of eggs,—" Why not keep poultry at home ?" There seems to be a considerable weight of opinion against the experi- ment. We quoted Sir W. Gilbey the other day to the effect that a poultry farm will not pay. And here, again, we have an opinion of much the same purport. "Let no one who values his peace of mind, his health, or his money, sink one shilling in any scheme in which he expects to earn anything of an income by keeping poultry on a large scale, unless ho is prepared to devote his whole time and energy to it, and with no inconsiderable amount of money, too." You can keep a few fowls, if you have a proper place, and make them pay, with care ; but try to multiply their number and you coma to grief. Mr. Roper tells the ex- periences which have compelled him to this conclusion in an amusing way.
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