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in vain for the sundered shells. No chick, nor chirp, nor 

 sign of life. In a couple of days I opened the eggs, and lo! 

 each little embryo Cock and Hen appeared "in statu quo" it 

 was when the grease was communicated from the Hen to the 

 egg, except that it was defunct ; the very hour the pores of the 

 shells were closed by the grease, the chickens "went dead." 



I mention this incident, inasmuch as Dr. Bennett, in his 

 Poultry Book, recommends eggs for hatching to be preserved 

 in grease. Try it, and I'll wager two Chittagong roosters 

 against a Bantam, you don't get a chicken. 



You suggest six compartments as requisite to a perfect coop; 

 among the rest, one for laying, and one for sitting. This is 

 certainly desirable, if easily effected. But the trouble is, a 

 hen will generally sit where she has laid, and nowhere else. 

 In some cases they can be movd, but not often with success. 



In connection with the subject of coops, I would mention, 

 what perhaps everybody knows who pretends to know any 

 thing about poultry : they should always be built fronting the 

 south or south-east, and furnished on that side with several 

 glazed windows, to give them, in winter, sun without cold. 



Yours, very truly, 



DAVID TAGGART. 



There is no doubt in my mind, from considerable experience, 

 that almost any kind of grease or unctuous matter is certain 

 death to the vermin of our domestic poultry; and although, if 

 used properly, it will remove all vermin, yet, in the case of very 

 young chicks, it should only be used in a warm sunny day, 

 and they should be put into a coop with the mother, and the 

 coop darkened for an hour or two, and every thing made 

 quiet, that they may get a good rest and nap after the fatigue 

 occasioned by greasing them. They should be handled with 

 great care, and greased thoroughly; the Hen also. After 

 resting, they may be permitted to come out and bask in the 

 sun, and in a few days will look sprightly enough. 



