Sentence:  ... no sooner has a hen disburdened herself, than she rushes forth with a clamorous kind of joy, which the cock and the rest of his mistresses immediately adopt. The tumult is not confined to the family concerned, but catches from yard to yard, and spreads to every <WSD>homestead</WSD> within hearing, till at last the whole village is in an uproar. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.