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so is coarsely pounded oil-cake ; but, if the 

 fowls are meant to be kept in good condition, 

 some hard grain should be given night and 

 morning, and if not thrown in the yard, some 

 pounded brick and mortar, or lime-stone 

 gravel, should be mixed with it. 



Some ladies will, no doubt, be shocked at 

 the bare idea of using the washings of plates 

 and dishes, and the offals of the kitchen, for 

 the purpose of feeding fowls which are after- 

 wards to be brought to their own table ; but 

 a thrifty housewife, who lets nothing be wasted, 

 and who knows that " what won't poison will 

 fatten," will only smile at such delicacy. 



In stating that " if fowls had the range of 

 a field or a farm-yard, they might forage for 

 themselves," we should have added, that, be- 

 sides the grass which they eat, there is no- 

 thing of which they are more fond than worms 

 of every description ; and, as nature does no- 

 thing in vain, we may be assured that in 

 teaching them a partiality for this species of 

 food, the use of it will be beneficial to their 

 nourishment. You may see them dart with 

 the eye of a hawk upon any winged insect 

 that comes within their reach, or if you watch 



