110 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
The former were in a small coop about four feet square, 
with a covered run formed by throwing cornstalks on 
some poles, and setting a hot-bed sash up against the 
south side. The fvod for the two coops was scalded 
Indian meal. They were both fed from the same dish, 
and in proportion according to their numbers. The 
Plymouth Rocks laid well, and gained in flesh all win- 
ter. The Brahmas ‘‘ went back,” both in eggs and in 
flesh. The reason was that the former had the strip- 
pings from the cornstalks to help in the assimilation of 
their food, which the latter did not have. This proved 
conclusively that some such coarse food must be pro- 
vided if we would have the fowls thrive. Well-cured 
green cornstalks, and young, tender grass and clover 
should be provided for poultry ay regularly as hay for 
other stock, 
The soft or poor heads of calbages, stored by them- 
selves, probably are the cheapest and most easily ob- 
tained green food for poultry during winter. Two or 
three heads hung so that the fowls can easily reach 
them, around the sides of their coop, and renewed when 
necessary, will well repay the trouble. If one is going 
extensively into the raising of young chickens for an 
early market, it will pay to sow lettuce-seed in a box, 
and place it in a warm, sunny window. The young and 
tender leaves are easily grown, and will add greatly to 
the health and growth of the chickens. Onions should 
also be grown and kept for feeding. They are by many 
considered as a remedy for the chicken-cholera. If 
chopped moderately fine, they will be eagerly consumed 
by fowls. ‘Tobacco should also be grown by every poul- 
tryman who wishes to keep his stock free from parasitic 
pests. Pull the plants before frost, and hang them in 
the barn or shed to dry. A handful of the leaves in the 
nests of sitting hens, particularly, will add a great deal 
to their comfort, and more to that of their young, It 
