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sufficient quantity to form a proper diet for egg pro- 

 duction when the grains are fed alone. Resort is had, 

 therefore, to foods rich in albuminoids. Meat-meal, 

 made from lean meat dried and ground, is the richest 

 in this respect of all the foods found in the market. 

 After meat-meal, follow in order green cut bone, 

 cottonseed meal, linseed meal, wheat bran, clover 

 hay and milk. 



The hens when running at large in the warm 

 season of the year supplement the ration of grain 

 supplied them by their keeper with worms, grubs and 

 insects of various kinds, which contain the needful 



HE FINDS A WORM. 



albumen. While providing themselves with this they 

 obtain succulent and bulky green food in the form of 

 grass, and gritty particles to grind the whole mass. 



Along with the needful quantity and variety of 

 food, hens roaming the fields secure the exercise so 

 essential to good health and the production of healthy 

 progeny. 



Eggs of strong vitality for hatching may be ob- 

 tained even from hens in confinement when the con- 

 ditions noted here are complied with. 



The same conditions that promote health and in- 

 duce the hens to lay are favorable for giving vigor to 

 the cock also. 



