72 CHICKENS. 



be daily given, with crushed, bones and oyster 

 shells. 



Many writers add vermin as another chicken 

 disease, but I cannot allow it in 'my category. It 

 should be unknown in a well-appointed poultry 

 yard. 



As I before observed, a little sulphur dusted into 

 the feathers of the hen mother occasionally, and 

 daily access afforded to ashes and dry soil, will 

 banish effectually all such intruders; let the hen 

 out, and she will perform her toilet scrupulously. 



The chicken's progress (Hke that of the Pil- 

 grim) is beset with many dangers and difficulties. 

 Eoup, gapes, leg weakness — all are Sloughs of 

 Despond ; it is not an easy matter to rear 

 many chickens. Every poultry breeder can 

 probably remember when he, or she, fancied 

 it must be quite an A B C matter, because 

 every cottager had one brood at least. Happy 

 ignorance! The one brood was the secret: 

 our's being legion, the ground has become 

 tainted, the chickens overcrowded, and disease 

 established. 



The remedy for all this I toiich upon elsewhere, 



