A BATCH OF NEST-EGGS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



FRIEND who invested in crushed glass for laying 

 hens, .found, after feeding it a few days, a sick pullet. 

 Dissection showed the inside of the crop stuck full of 

 bits of glass. A second, and in a few days, a third 

 died, and the glass was taken out. He is not a very enthusias- 

 tic advocate of glass for "grit." There is nothing better 

 than good, white, ground oyster-shells for grit and shell-ma- 

 terial. 



I had some very smart Brown Leghorn week-old chicks. 

 When fed at night they seemed all right, but the next morning 

 six were dead. After a good deal of study I opened them and 

 found a kernel of Western corn in the gizzard of each, which 

 was completely filled. The corn had been fed to the hen the 

 day before, and it did not seem possible for the chicks to swal- 

 low any ; but they did and it was too much for them, swelling 

 and souring before being digested. C. E. CHAPMAN. 



In my experience, dry food, such as rolled oats, cracked 

 rice, wheat or corn, or a bread made of bran, Indian-meal 

 and ground oats (sifted), together with pure water or milk 

 (where it can be had), form the most favorable diet for young 

 chicks, and last, but not least, they should have a grass-run. 

 If they have plenty of shade and green food, and are not kept in 

 too warm quarters, if raised artificially, they will not drink 

 more water or milk than is good for them. J. H. DREVEN- 

 STEDT. 



There is no more pernicious practice than swapping males 

 and eggs with neighbors whose flocks are no better than our 

 own ; and the chances are that we will introduce into our flocks 



