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was equally as bad as the disease, as the hen has refused 

 to either cover her young or feed them. If, therefore, 

 you do adopt this plan, you must watch the hen for a 

 little time to see if she does forsake her young or not. 



There are those who beheve that if a httle salt is dis- 

 solved in the bath water during the time of incubation, 

 and subsequently after hatching that sweating will be 

 avoided. 



Another preventive, and one which at one time had 

 many asserting its virtues, is the giving of a pinch of 

 Epsom Salts in the drinking water during incubation 

 and after hatching. This certainly has a tendency to 

 disperse any abnormal heat in the hen's body as it will 

 tend to cool aud purify her blood, and also give it tone. 



Again, many breeders have found that if the old birds 

 are given nothing but seed and water during the in- 

 cubatory period that there is not so much Ukehhood of 

 the hens sweating. 



Then the removal of the cock as soon as the hens 

 go to nest, and keeping him away until the hen is ready 

 to go to nest again has been found ty turn a sweating hen 

 into a non-sweater. 



It must, however, be said that sweating hens are an 

 awful nuisance, and some, no matter what is done, will 

 persist in sweating their young. 



Young Dead in Shell. 



The two chief contributary causes to this trouble 

 are lack of vitahty in one or other, or both, of the parents, 

 and a very dry atmosphere. Another cause is said 

 to be the failure of the hen to turn her eggs during in- 

 cubation. This, however, is difficult of proof, because 

 one is not always in the room, and the hen may turn her 

 eggs at any time when no one is about. But even when 

 this is the cause it may be put down to lack of vitality. 

 A hen that is strong and robust invariably turns her eggs 

 every time she returns to the nest after feeding or drinking. 



In fixing the nest pans care should be taken to place 

 them in such a position that the full flood of Hght from 

 the window does not fall on the hen whilst she is sitting. 

 If the nest pan catches the full glare of the light the hen 



