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just when required, and you will have to select birds 

 from the general stock as they become broody an 

 evidence of which useful state is a pale comb with a 

 puffed-up condition of plumage, and a tendency to sit 

 in a corner on any eggs they have laid. 



A hint now about tethering hens. I have tried 

 leather leashes, such as we falconers use for the legs 



FlG. 16. HOW TO TETHER A HEX. 



te end of the cord tether A (3 ft. long, and secured to a peg in the ground) 

 through the loop B ; the small stick c will prevent the cord running up tight. 

 The loop for the leg of the hen, as shown at D. will then be formed, which 

 can be instantly enlarged, so as to free the hen, by pulling the stick c 

 between the fingers. 



of our hawks, but I find strips of leather in any form 

 become so tight from wet and the dragging of the 

 hens, that they are more bother than they are worth 

 to undo. 



