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the chickens ; but never allow them to go out 

 till the dew is off the ground, or leave them out 

 after sunset. 



When summer has fairly set in, poultry-keepers 

 cannot be too seriously warned against exposing 

 their young broods to the full force of the sun. 

 Turn the coops so as partially to afford shade ; 

 but by far the best plan is to let the mother 

 wander at large with her little flock. A few 

 branches of evergreens stuck into the groimd 

 will afford a very simple and yet eflacient shelter. 

 Turkeys take refuge in the long grass, and it is 

 a good plan to cut strips at regular distances 

 throughout, on which place the coops, and the 

 poults can roam at large. Shift the coops to 

 fresh ground every day, and see that the poor 

 imprisoned mothers are well fed, and supplied 

 daily with green food, such as cabbage, or what- 

 ever is not required as being too coarse for the 

 food of the young. The adult fowls that are 

 shut up in yards are much to be pitied in warm 



weather ; see, then, that their water dishes are 



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