Farming for Ladies: Or, a Guide to the Poultry-Yard, the Dairy and Piggery. E-book. Formato PDF John French Burke   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In London, the common prices of poultry are generally so high, that people of narrow income, if living in town, can seldom afford to put any on their table. Fortunately, however, the taste is now growing general among persons who are occupied in trades and professions, of getting a box, or villa, for their families in the outlets; and if to their gardens be added a paddock for the feeding of a cow, with sheds for the aecom modation Of a pig and poultry, in the manner of a little farmery, or even for only a few cocks and hens, it is inconceivable how much it would add to the luxuries of the table without at all increasing the expense. But, in order to be supplied with the deli cacies of fresh eggs from your poultry-yard.