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If black walnuts or butternuts are to be 

 found, they will lend a real old-fashioned 

 country touch to the Yule-log season. Don't 

 remove the pithy green coats, for they pre- 

 serve the nutty flavor, if left on until the nuts 

 are required for use. Surplus nuts and pig 

 hickories should all be collected, if time per- 

 mits ; for in midwinter they will afford the 

 hens amusement, if crushed in the bone-mill 

 and fed occasionally at noon. 



Inquiry will reveal some farmer in the 

 neighborhood, who has been growing cab- 

 bage in large quantities. He is sure to have 

 a surplus load or two of heads too small for 

 market, that can be bought at this season of 

 the year for one-half the winter price. Hens 

 need green food as much as grain. There 

 are many ways of storing, but we have found 

 that packing in conical heaps, heads down, 

 and protecting with leaves, or bedding-hay 

 and brush, answers very well, if care is taken 

 not to cover too heavily at first. It would be 

 wise to interrogate the old residents in your 



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