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drinking water are, of course, kept at hand. The grow- 

 ing chickens are free to exercise a reasonable amount 

 but capons are quiet creatures and pullets likewise. 

 They balance their own rations art; the hoppers in which 

 they find Indian corn or other grains- and beef scraps 

 or other protein food 1 . Cabbages hanging by their stems 

 furnish green food and some exercise in jumping for it 

 In winter mangolds or stock beets are good to supply 

 green food or lacking these, alfalfa or clover hay, espec- 

 ially the leafy parts, provide an excellent substitute for 

 green food. The alfalfa or clover may be fed cut fine 

 or as meal, placed) in feeders or hoppers protected by 

 inch-mesh wire netting so that the birds can not scatter 

 it out. Just before the pullets would begin to lay eggs 

 they should be slaughtered an<d dressed for market. Both 

 the capons and the pullets are sold as "soft roasters," 

 from March) to June, when such fowl are scarce in the 

 markets. These choice table chickens command excel- 

 lent prices. Rightly managed they should prove very 

 profitable. 



DEVELOPMENT QF THE EMBRYO See pagfe 54 



