pOULTRY-KEEPING on a small scale is apt to lose a good deal of its appeal in winter, and to the ordinary amateur nothing is more depressing than the sight of four bedraggled hens in a dripping backyard on a foggy day. Mr. W. Powell Owen is, however, an expert, and in the series of talks, of which this evening's is the first, he will-give some very valuable advice as to how to make backyard poultry-farming enjoyable and profitable all through the year. and how to induce backyard fowls to yield winter eggs.