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AN EGG FARM. 



have claimed, on account of its nutritive constituents 

 being better than those of grain, but because the acids 

 of green stuff and fruit help all omnivorous or graminiv- 

 orous animals, man included, to digest the grain food, 

 which is the main reliance. No matter how nutritious 



the diet on board ship, the sailors without fruit or 

 vegetables will have scur\ 7 y after a while. 



If your establishment contains fifteen or twenty brood- 

 ers, or upwards, stick to the sunken alley, but change 

 from the alternate to the parallel system, Figs. 140, 142 



