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tl..en spreading in boxes or trays two inches deep and sprinkling 

 each morning with warm water, keeping in a warm room or 

 cellar. When two or three inches high they will be ready to 

 feed, at the rate of about one square inch per hen, per day, and 

 will be greatly relished by them. Grit in some form should al- 

 ways be before them. 



By thus growing your pullets and carefully housing and caring 

 for them and cultivating a love of the occupation, there is no 

 reason why one should not receive as paying a crop of eggs in 

 the winter months as any month of the year. 



