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PIIEA.SAXTS FOR COVEIiTS AXD AVIARIES. 



perfectly L^ood ti) cat; l:)iit it is preferable to save them for 

 the food of the chickens when hatched. Throwing' them 

 away is a wasteful ]ir(iccciling." 



it is evident that setting two ov more hens ou the same 

 day is ;idvantageons, as the "clear" eggs may he removed 

 from the whole of the nests, and the number in those that are 

 deficient made np from the other nests, <i fresh batch being 



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placed under the hen the whole of wdiose eggs have been 

 removed. 



'Ilie conveyance of eggs for the purpose of hatching ig 

 tolerably well understood by the most ex])erienced breeders. 

 There is nothing eipial to a good-sized basket in which thev 

 can be placed, surrounded with and separated from one 

 another by hay. Bo.xes wdth bran, sawdust, cut chaff, &c., 

 are very inferior, as these materials shake into smaller 



