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The space being small, it is comparatively 

 easy to capture them. To avoid alarming 

 the whole farm, you take them up bodily 

 and hold their bills. 



Do all work of this sort among your stock 

 as gently as possible, talking to them in a 

 soothing, reassuring way all the time. Noth- 

 ing averts so many accidents as accustoming 

 your stock to associate your voice with safety. 

 This is true not only with poultry and pet 

 stock, but with all animals generally. 



THE POULTRY YARD 



The hens must now be put on lighter diet. 

 Whole corn at night can gradually give place 

 to wheat, two parts, cracked corn, one part. 

 Morning mash can have an increase of ground 

 oats and a corresponding decrease in corn. 

 Take advantage of all spring greens, remem- 

 bering that grass must be cut into short 

 lengths; otherwise, the hens, in their eager- 

 ness to get the desired change of diet, will 



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