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handles, like wheelbarrow handles, only lighter, attached 

 to a wide girded waist belt, leaving both hands free to 

 distribute grain. In using the large hay tedder pro- 

 pelled by a team, for stirring straw on the scratching 

 grounds of grown fowls, the driver uses one hand for the 

 reins and scatters grain with the other, so much for each 

 colonized flock, by measure, the entire outfit, horse, 

 machine and all being enclosed with a muslin and fringe 

 screen, the frame of which is attached to the machine 

 and to the tips of specially built, extra long shafts in 

 front of the horse. We are planning an attachment for 

 both the large and small machines, the same for each 

 except they are of different sizes comprising some of the 

 features of a farmer's field seed drill, so that eventually 

 we will not have to scatter grain by hand. Millet and 

 Kaffir corn, to the raising of both of which so large a 

 portion of our country is admirably adapted, work well 

 in the large-room plan, and are good grains for chicks 

 and fowls of all ages. Never allow the litter to become 

 entirely destitute of feed, for in a good tight room, such 

 as has been described, no rats or mice can ever be baited 

 nights, and something to eat should always be ready for 

 the chicks whenever they are willing to work for it. 



"But the putting to bed of so many active, impetuous 

 youngsters ; there's the rub," we fancy the reader 

 exclaims. There is some work at this point surely, but 

 no system whatever is entirely devoid of work. It will 

 be noticed that feeding, watering, heating, ventilating, 

 cleaning and providing exercise, as well as protecting 

 against all manner of vicissitudes, are all accomplished 

 at the very smallest amount of labor conceivable, there 

 being so many in a room and so little space or distance 

 to be traversed by the attendant ; therefore considerable 

 time can be afforded in putting the birds to bed. Not 

 so very much time will be needed, either. On occasion, 

 the 1000 birds can be penned with a reasonably even 



