HENS. 



This cut represents the Dorking race, distinguished fol 

 uniting many excellent qualities. 



Location and Hen-house. Select a southern aspect, 

 that the hens may enjoy the sunshine in cool weather. 

 Have a dry, airy situation. Make the house so that it 

 can be well ventilated in wa~m weather, and yet warm 

 in the coldest weather. It snould be well lighted, and 

 so arranged that the windows may be taken out to admit 

 the air in summer. A house may be made warm by 

 buikling it in the side of a bank, or by banking it up 

 with earth. 



Food and Feeding. Hens may be fed mostly on the 



cheapest grain. They do well on Indian corn, oats, 



buckwheat, or barley, alone ; but it is best to give them 



two or three kinds. Corn is their favorite. Keep grain 



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