A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



A variety of food is absolutely necessary 

 for strongly fertilized germs, from which 

 vigorous, healthy chicks are sure to come. 



The best way to convince you of the 

 advisability of following my coming sugges- 

 tions for winter feeding will be to give, in a 

 condensed and simple form, the chemical 

 analysis of the egg : 



Water 650 grains 



Albuminoids 80 grains 



Oil fat, etc. 135 grains 



Mineral matter 9 grains 



Sugar, coloring matter, etc. . . 26 grains 



900 grains 



The remaining hundred parts of the thou- 

 sand of an egg are used in the shell, which 

 contains about fifty grains of salt of lime, and 

 about fifty grains of pure uncombined lime 

 (calcium oxide), the remainder being carbolic 

 acid, water of crystallization, etc. 



Perhaps a short explanation of even this 

 simple analysis may be helpful. Albumi- 

 noids are the flesh-forming parts of food, 



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