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dust, stale bits of bread made ready for puddings ; in fact 

 it soon becomes iudisi^eusable in the household. 



Not the least important of its work is in the grinding 

 of bones for fertilizing purposes. Every scrap of bone 

 not needed for the chickens should be added to the com- 

 post heap, and the Little Giant will ''chaw" them up to 

 order, fine or coarse. The truth is that the value of this 

 little mill can hardly be overestimated, as every one who 

 takes our advice and purchases one will at once acknowl- 

 edge. There is a larger size, which is stronger, and grinds 

 bones with still greater ease and rapidity; this costs $12, 

 on iron legs $16. 



We have two of them ourself, one, the larger size, that 

 is used for the poultry and stock, and the other for house- 

 hold purjDOses, grinding coffee, rice, converting coarse 

 sugar into pulverized, and a host of other things. 



We should feel utterly at sea without the hand-mill of 

 Wilson Brothers, 43-45 Delaware Street, Easton, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Best of all coops is a triangular one, resting on, but not 

 fastened to, a board bottom, projecting a little in front be- 

 yond the coop, but allowing the coop to fit down over it at 

 the sides and back, that heavy rains may be shed on the 

 ground and not run inside. In the usual upright-wall 

 coops the chicks are often trampled on by the hen ; but 

 the triangular or peaked-roof style permits them to get 

 away under the eaves in safety ; we have never lost one 

 by trampling in a coop of this shape. 



And now, to go back to the main poultry-yard : we have 

 seen how this should be inclosed ; first, as to the house. 

 This, in Florida, is by no means the elaborate or expensive 

 building it should and must be in more rigorous climates ; 

 here are no ice or snow, or high, piei'cing winds to guard 

 against. 



