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for every ten hens. Put it in the saucepan, 

 and just moisten with boiling water really 

 boiling. Cover, and stand behind the stove 

 until the morning. 



Mash number two: one quart of clover 

 hay, cut into half-inch lengths. Place in 

 the saucepan, and pour a quart of boiling 

 water over it. Cover, and stand on back of 

 stove to steam for two hours. Then add a 

 pint of the contents of barrel number two, 

 and let it stand until the morning. 



BILL OF FARE FOR TEN HENS 



Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morn- 

 ings, mash number one, with half a pint of 

 millet seed, scattered in the leaves or what- 

 ever there is on the floor of the chicken- 

 house; noon, chopped vegetables; night, a 

 pint of whole corn and a pint of oats. 



Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morn- 

 ings, mash number two; noon, cut green 

 corn and half a pint of Kafir-corn, to scratch 



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