ON A TOWN LOT. 29 



breeding season or any other time. Tlio breeding pen should not 

 be fed wet mashes, because this has a tendency to produce the latal 

 white diarrhoea in the chicli. In case tliat the eggs are not as fertile 

 as they should be, it will be found that the male is so gallant that 

 he defers eating until the feinales have the feed consumed. In such 

 cases as this - it is necessary to feed the male by himself once or 

 twice a day for a while, and every other day he should be supplied 

 with a little ground raw lean beef. 



