40 FOOD. 



winter. That at mid-day should be the soft food 

 balls already mentioned ; and the last, grain 

 again, that the fowls may have, during the night, 

 the benefit of the warmth it imparts. 



In cold M'eather, feed liberally on toast soaked 

 in ale. Fowls are by no means abstainers, but 

 heartily enjoy their beer, nay, even wine, when 

 suffering from debility. Cooked animal food is 

 to be given daily during winter, taking the place 

 of the insect life, which is absent. 



When the genial softness of spring again 

 reigns over the scene, and the sleeping earth 

 wakes once more, we may trust a good deal 

 to the supply afforded by nature. The fowls, 

 during their daily grass run, will pick up much 

 themselves, for which we endeavour to make our 

 ovra superfluity a substitute. 



We ought to consider ourselves deeply in- 

 debted to poultry for the saving from waste of 

 broken victuals, scraps of fish, &c., crumbs and 

 larger fragments of bread, which last are too fre- 

 quently collected, and appear again at table in 

 the very objectionable form of puddings, and 

 other unprincipled disguises, where a stern eco- 



