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cial for every other species of chicks, equally 

 with the turkey. Superfluous moisture, 

 whether external or internal, is death to 

 chickens, therefore all slop victuals should 

 be rigorously avoided. The utmost clean- 

 liness is necessary, and a dry gravelled 

 layer is most proper. A fresh turf of short 

 sweet grass daily cleared from snails or 

 slugs, which will scour young chicks, is 

 very pleasing and comfortable to them, and 

 promotes their health. The above sub- 

 stantial food was always our chief depen- 

 dence with this brood, nor did we ever fuid 

 it necessary to waste time in collecting ants' 

 eggs or nettle seed, or give clover, rue, or 

 v/ormwood, according to the directions of 

 the elder housewives. Eggs boiled hard are 

 equally proper with card, and generally near- 

 er at hand ; the eggs being rotten, is said 

 to be no objection, although we never used 

 such. 



Our first preference for water instead of 

 milk for turkey chicks, so much recom- 

 mended by the old writers, arose from the 



observation that chickens at large, among 



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