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reluctant to ktep out of the garden. This 

 may be prevented by clipping the wing. If 

 the farmer is too lazy or too indifferent to 

 keep up his poultry, but would prefer seeing 

 them in his swill-tub, kitchen, or parlour, 

 he must, at least, provide them with clogs. 

 Thse consist of a round piece of stout side- 

 leather about as large as a half dollar piece, 

 with a round hole cut in the centre, jn-t 

 large enough ' to pass the foot through. 

 Other modes have been practised, but they 

 are needlessly cruel ; such, for instance, as 

 chopping off the toe nails, or tying the two 

 outer toes over the middle one. The tight 

 ligature produces not only great pain, but 

 even mortification and death. 



The best food for young chicks is dry 

 broken Indian corn or rice, given three times 

 a day. Corn-meal mixed with water into 

 a paste is often given, but we think it has 

 a tendency to produce gapes, or, at least, to 

 favour their approach. 



Where the chicks have no access to grass, 

 it should be furnished them chopped fine, 

 as well as small Quantities of fresh meat. 



