26 Fresh Turf. 



field, orchard, or garden, in which fowls may^ roam at 

 certain seasons, when the crops are safe from injury, each 

 brood should be allowed to wander in it separately for a 

 few hours daily, or on different days, as may be most 

 convenient. "A garden dung-heap," says Mr. Baily, 

 " overgrown with artichokes, mallows, &c., is an excellent 

 covert for chickens, especially in hot weather. They find 

 shelter and meet with many insects there. 7 ' When horse- 

 dung is procured for the garden, or supplied from your 

 stables, some should be placed in a small trench, and 

 frequently renewed, in which the fowls will amuse them- 

 selves, particularly in winter, by scraping for corn and 

 worms. When fowls have not the advantage of a grass 

 run they should be indulged with a square or two of fresh 

 turf, as often as it can be obtained, on which they will feed 

 and amuse themselves. It should be heavy enough to enable 

 them to tear off the grass, without being obliged to drag 

 the turf about with them. 



