112 J^ggs^ Feaihers, 8^c. 



far as might be wished ; it is not nearly all 

 the hens of a poultry-yard, that are wil- 

 ling every year to sit. In some years, 

 when I have wanted sitting hens for some 

 experiments, I have had the mortification 

 not to fmd above four such, among fifty or 

 sixty of them: complaints of hens that re- 

 fuse to sit, are very common in the coun- 

 try, (France) and I think in general, that 

 it seldom happens that the third or even 

 the fourth part of them are so disposed. 

 Besides this, they are not always willing 

 to sit at tliose times, when we w^ish they 

 would, which is in part the reason why the 

 early chickens are dear a great while, and 

 why we have not every year a supply of 

 tlicm as early as we wish for it." 



EGGS FEATHERS, &G. 



Eggs become desiccated, and, in conse- 

 quence, lose great part of their substa nee * 

 and nutritive quality, by keeping, and 



