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Do not disturb the goslings while hatching, and for two 

 -weeks keep them under shelter, feeding them on boiled oat- 

 meal and rice, with water from a pond, if possible, placed 

 in a shallow dish, too shallow for them to swdm in. 



After they are fully fledged they may be left to shift for 

 themselves, if they have a good range, only needing two 

 small feeds of grain a day besides what they can j^ick up. 



Bantam chickens are so well known, the world over, 

 that we need only call attention to their fine qualities as 

 insect exterminators ; in the garden and orchard they are 

 invaluable, and what little damage they may do is out of 

 all proportion to the good they accomplish. 



We have previously noted the wisdom of procuring 

 Florida-bred cattle, and those remarks apply also to poul- 

 try — it is better to deal with home-breeders, w^isely, as well 

 as being more just, to encourage " home industries." 



There are already several reliable establishments of pure- 

 bred fowls in Florida. 



W. W. Fendrich, Post-office Box, 381, Jacksonville, 

 has a large variety of feathered stock to offer the Florida 

 settler — acclimated birds every one of them. Here are 

 their names : no despicable collection, you see, for a new- 

 country poultry-yard : 



"White Leghorns, Light Brahmas, 



Brown Leghorns, Wyundottes, 



Langshans, Bronze Turkeys, 



Imperial Pekin Ducks, White Guineas. 

 Plymouth Rocks, 



Then down on the Manatee River we have another reli- 

 able breeder in A. J. Adams, of Manatee. He has in stock 

 almost every breed of poultry that can be named, of chick- 

 ens, turkeys, and ducks ; also ''Booted White Cuban Car- 

 rier Pigeons," and several breeds of hunting dogs. 



