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IN NATURE'S WAYS 



outcry. Though kept so long in captivity, cocks and 

 hens have retained much of their natural instinct of 

 vigilance. 



In the old strains of chickens we have a suggestion 

 of their original colouring when they were wild fowl ; 

 it is likely that the wild ancestors of our poultry wore 

 reddish feathers, like those of the " Sussex Red," a 

 famous old breed, one of the oldest, healthiest, and 

 hardiest of them all. 



The challenge 



