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SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
CARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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flavoured white eggs, are quietly disposed birds, suited 
before making hi 
or winter laying it is ibi to secure pullets 
of theearliest broods of the same season : these should 
vem d 
warm 
, out of reach of s som, тацу ог drip, n T 
possible, in the influence of sun 
It is said no one has sucha 5 sis of eggs as e 
old woman who lets her hens sit with her by t 
warm 
ual ree d little 
and comfortable, and a 
bi ue ng 
general petting fall to their cni 
art, and in "Pn 
onl he owner, 
liable to be ie qe e disease and disaster also to 
the fowl affected b 
When the first Sic of pullets is d ыу 
the natural time, without any apparent reason, a 
"m du pu. Бе matter 
such as they pick up cm t бопе їп the "field and 
farmyard, or at the kitchen d addition to the 
regular supplies of Вагі Oats, waste Wheat, 
scraps of bread, bones with bits of gristle to amus 
themselves with, bits of green vegetables or boiled 
Potatos, = с I 2 red 
Chicken apt, if ad. 
ixtures 
оин, = take go Үе o: reliable foi od, and i be 
certainty of the special тетине of the state 
health of their poultry. 
E as chosen a place for laying, unless 
w) objectionable, it is best to let her keep it. The 
ce of position is often very singular, but the lead. 
“instins seems a w or isolation and conceal- 
it is well lic ow in arranging the 
E wher re the hen can just 
Squeeze herself i in, and le completely h e such as 
the space under the mova cattle- 
manger, be 
m ul i e at If on 
og takes to egg-eating, it is mos st dificultt to cure Ма. 
even the disastrous consequences of going head fore- 
moston a maraudin pecie ins а ad of cat 
and kittens instead of of eggs, and the ec vengeance 
grieved part pe t having the 
slightest effect in As the tas 
ying pens may be зай placed along 
the inner side of the un oultry shed if they are 
Taised sufficiently above the ground to ensure sa 
from d таре А — oe useful form of range 
А of b e pens set side by side, 
with half of the f front of ih left open, so as to allow, 
n ie a door way for the entrance a the hen. 
ross divisions to se 
pen from its s neighbour, and 
erial. The "es measure 
is given by taking 
mier take Hide 
size e pens 
a guide; there should 
be width from fg to front rg = to take her and 
her nest n А ты a height that will allow her 
. to stand up, and len enough for be to be able to 
get out at the o 
for 
entrance, E ims for 
in 
and air, 
from unemplo urs, It a ields the 
ggs from chilling draughts, which is an ons н n 
cold weather, though (in due moderation) physio- 
logically considered, it is stated that de cary 
g the absence 
from the contraction of the air 
of the hen, which, 
vesicle, draws a 
water as nearly of the 
mpera 
t БАШ as n: and the eie i be 
most сану handled so as not to Бе jarred. 
is gs that are desired to ‘bel laid aside for setting may 
well preserved in bran ; it is i 
а. are laid on their 
in a cool es airy situa- 
ith the e dr covered so as to prot ed them from 
агац phis they will probably keep weeks in 
good setting order, but ке for setting ома {һе 
fresher з are the bette 
If needed for бойне s supply it answers well to 
dip each egg lightly in melted fat or mutton suet, 
oon as 
as in on 
needed without. d 
heated knife or spoon m usually requisite to dis- 
engage what =й 4 нле from the mass, and there 
E а fluid serae lime-water is recommended 
powder, 
as in this case the eggs a are apt to smell of the 
powder in which ag > have lain, and in the case of 
the lime-water one bad egg bro = in the fluid is 
likely to = all ‘the others in 
With regard to the effect of ren on eggs for 
i irely at variance, some 
journey injurious, 
uration ser not do 
experience carriage in- 
jurious. In one case especially brought de notice 
purchase vnd a 
Asa 
be prefer chaff, 
material liable to iude itself i pé ller 
from tus goie gentle movement of Ж "Tong 
journ The small particles (as with earth in a 
henh 6068 foid when gently rit за to 
a bottom, the — сне T y dis- 
to op ar 2 likely t amaged. arge 
po aas have to be packed | in one general саш it 
is well to put rst in small co — € set 
being carefully vackéd i in a little box or bas ore 
being placed in the large pac ye, as in t veces way all 
shifting together on аз journey is v p Jem 
a supply for the table is 
ir bé secured with little risk ^el 
GEESE,—I have peyer met with a similar case to 
that др О «С, L.” amongst my own geese, 
without a few more а oon am not able to advise 
gather that th 
i ve and that it was shared b 
igs. He mentions also that last year Wendt. of his 
Birds throve with “no” ‹ her food 
fathers er ir а dei wakes Bight as 
inet 
E t tal’ merui EL K 
li y jen insufficient and unsuitable 
ete ы for food it should be clean 
ari Young corn and 
that then should be a more e general var iety of 500 
dough, put once a-day (of course qux from the 
Pigs) for са em to peck A vm € € to rhe = 
, Or any scr. wholeso: 
Ру НТ "ends, would еме io ri rt their health ; ; 
and if there is no provision of water, a tub, s 
they might have even an occasional bath, Maia do 
"Sh ould none of these "Es meet the point, I 
should be happy to advi a L^ sir give a 
few more details of the tiia аэ whether the 
ailing geese lost power, as if paralysed i inthe Ta, or 
were аы or giddy in the head, 
Rotices of Hooks, 
R. WILLIAM LONGMAN, under the title 
that exist concerning the онанд island of Madeira. 
Some persons immensely over-estimate, and others 
undervalue its attractions. E Mise yia 
3 4 th n 1: 
of golden splendour sms b hundreds "pot 
hundreds of acres of Broom and Gorse in profusest 
blossom, of the marvellous masses of colour—pink, 
mauve, and brick-dust red—derived from the bracts 
of Bougainvillea, and of the wondrously manifold - 
luxuriance of reris garden flowers, The €— of 
catter ed on the 
the quintas or count use sides 
of the hills are uu ana Чада tiful ай luxuriant, 
Pelargoniums grow, Mr. Long an tells us, **to a 
height of 20 feet and more in a few months, and have 
to be cut down to prevent their straggling into useless 
exuberance, 
Strange tropical exotics here naturalised. 
Ba Camphor M Nettle trees, төрө т] 
— trees, with many others, are fo 
in these delicious gardens; while eri с 
Bougainvilleas, nid flowers too numerous to mention 
e the neighbourhood of every ow, оке 
hum ч 
Madeira, not e J a жыт iens doubtless is 
chiefly indebted to t 
ocean for this cpm, since there. are no ' rivers or 
even, Mr. Longman says, which deserve the: OR 
anything but a brook ; og is there a single ‘Take in 
d indeed di not see even one single 
pond in the whole islan 
Madeira is тө” likely apparently to be overrun by 
tourists at present, or fixed upon by ordinary holiday 
as a i Бл und, The absence of 
good roads in the island is a very serious dra 
50 o hotel accommodation, 
unchal. The Stability of the — forms 
ween the island and any port only, is 
another serious drawback. The prions vessels passing 
between Southampton and the f Good Ho 
call at Madeira ; but while the present 
would 
&c., usually 
dose leclares that it 
t 
нй Longman's M pamphlet gives M rer 
ccount of the attractions and counter- е of 
маа а, and we poems mmend all intending visitors to 
read it. It is is m with a vien of the island, and 
of the author's rou 
tember number of the Revue de 
—— The Septe 
P Horticulture Belge devotes a coloured plate to the 
gnolia Lenne, the precise p of which is 
Ispo 
aif Italian 
—— Grevillea for ing emer contains e: on 
North American Fungi," by the Rev. М. J. Ber 
and various other articles, chiefly devoted to - vi 
iption of new or interesting cryptogam 
— The third fasciculus of the Bullettino Ampelo« 
grafico is before us. It is devoted to the description 
Italian Gray 
Oatmeal or barley-meal made into a crumbly kind of H various 
