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week she will begin to lay. The philosophy of this method is 

 that the scanty ration makes the hen uneasy and she forgets her 

 desire for incubation. It won't hurt her to go a little hungry for 

 a few days, for if she is in a condition to sit she has stored up 

 plenty of fat and it will do her good to consume some of it. It 

 is a fact not generally known that where no nest eggs are used 

 and where the eggs laid are gathered two or three times a day, 

 hens are not nearly so likely to get broody as they are when they 

 feel a clutch of eggs under them every time they go on the nest. 



The two requisites of success in the poultry business are 

 brains and pains. 



The poultryman who expects winter eggs from immature or 

 stunted pullets is going to be badly disappointed. It requires good 

 food, good care and a good steady growth from shell to maturity 

 to develop winter layers. 



A SETTIN' HEN. 



When a hen is bound to set, 

 Seems as though 'tain't etiket 

 Dowsin' her in water till 

 She's connected with a chill. 

 Seems as though 'twas skursely right 

 Givin' her a dreadful fright, 

 Tyin' rags around her tail, 

 Poundin' on an old tin pail, 

 Chasin' her around the yard. 

 Seems as though 'twas kinder hard 

 Bein' kicked and slammed and shooed 

 'Cause she wants to raise a brood^ 

 I sh'd say it's gettin' gay 

 Jest 'cause natur' wants its way, 

 While ago my neighbor, Penn, 

 Started bustin' up a hen ; 

 Went to yank her off the nest, 

 Hen, though, made a peck and jest 

 Grabbed his thumbnail good and stout, 

 Liked to yanked the darn thing out. 

 Penn he twitched away and then 

 Tried again to grab the hen. 

 But, by ginger, she had spunk, 

 'Cause she took and nipped a junk 

 Big's a bean right out his palm, 

 Swallowed it, and cool and calm 

 Histed up and yelled "Cah-dah !" 

 Sounded like she said "Hoo-rah!" 

 Wai, sir, .when that hen done that, 

 Penn he bowed, took off his hat, 

 Spunk jest suits him, you can bet 

 "Set," says he, "gol darn ye, SET." 



Holman F. Day in Lewiston Journal. 



