SIR--As the following account, together with the few observations I have made on the management and feeding of fowls, may prove acceptable, and afford some useful hints to many among the numerous readers of your entertaining and widely-circulated miscellany, you will oblige me by giving them a place in your work. I procured two pullets of the black Spanish kind, which were hatched in June, 1818, and fed them constantly myself twice a day, alternating their food, that is, I gave them corn in the morning, and in the afternoon boiled potatoes mixed with _fresh_ bran, but I never allowed them to take a _full meal_ of corn. They had a small orchard to range in, where, in the course of the day, they occasionally picked up worms and other insects; and, I have observed that poultry of all kinds eagerly seek for animal food even after they have satiated themselves with corn: indeed, I conceive a portion of animal food essentially requisite to preserve them in a healthy state. The above-mentioned pullets began to lay about the middle of November, and continued to do so till within the last ten days, when they began to moult their feathers, having produced _three hundred and sixty-seven eggs much larger and finer than those of the common fowl_. Seven eggs weigh 1 pound avoirdupois, so that I have been furnished with the astonishing weight of more than 53 pounds of nutritious and wholesome food from _two hens_. They were never _broody_, nor shewed a disposition to sit at any time during the whole season, and I understand this property is peculiar to this species of fowl: it is, however, an advantage than otherwise, as the common kinds can incubate their eggs, and foster their young. G. C. JENNER. _October 14th, 1819._ _Ancient Advice to Parents._ TEACH CHILDREN Obedience, } and they shall {bless thee. Modesty, } {not be ashamed. Gratitude, } { receive benefits. Charity, } {gain love. Temperance,} {have wealth. Prudence, } and {Fortune will attend {them. Justice, } {they will be honoured {by the world. Sincerity, } {own hearts will not {reproach them. Diligence, } and their {Wealth will increase. Benevolence, } {Minds will be exalted. Science, } {Lives will be useful. Religion, } {Death will be happy.