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The next Thing that follows is, the putting 

 out Staggs to Walks, there being divers Ways 

 of doing it ; but the moft prejudicial Way of 

 all is, the putting of them out to Matter 

 Walks too foon, as a great many do at three 

 and four Months old, without confidering the 

 ill Confequences of it ; for tho' they are bred 

 ever fo early, it muft be at a Time of the Year 

 when Corn is, generally fpeaking, thrafli'd out ; 

 therefore, their Dependance is chiefly upon be- 

 ing fed once a Day with Hinder*ends, which 

 they get a very fmall Share of among a Num- 

 ber of Hens ; befides, the Detriment they muft 

 receive, thro' aNeceffity of performing Family- 

 Duty, which they are not capable of at that 

 Age, but ought rather to referve that Strength, 

 which they are needleily deprived of, till they 

 have an Opportunity of ihewing their Valour 

 another Way ; and it is as much owing to this, 

 as any one Thing that I can mention, that we 

 have fo many flat fided, flender bon'd, loofe 

 feather'd Cocks ; and, I think, of the two bad 

 Ways, it is a great deal worfe than letting Staggs 

 run under, tho' it be a whole Year. 



A better Way than either of thefe is, to keep 

 them together, by Hand-feeding, till Harveft 

 is all got in, for then early Staggs are able to 

 encounter with a few Hens; befides, at that 

 Time of the Year, Hens are either fitting or 

 molting ; and thofe which are not, are not fb 

 craving, as from the Spring of the Year till 

 July : But then again, there is one Misfortune 

 attends this Way, as thofe Staggs won't go 



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