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coop, and choose sunny spots for the runs. There 

 is much less fear now of overcrowding — our 

 numbers are fewer ; indeed, only those chickens 

 intended for table use or market should now be 

 hatched. Turkeys, if not fully fledged, suffer 

 severely from cold and damp, and although much 

 tempted by the abundance of eggs and evident 

 desire of the hen to incubate, I do not advise 

 any being set ; far better give the turkey some 

 hardy fowl's or duck's eggs to hatch. She will 

 cover twenty-one with ease, and have a fair chance 

 of rearing her flock. It is useful now to mix a 

 little pepper in the soft food of the chickens — 

 powdered pimento does as well, and is cheaper ; 

 and Indian corn, both ground and whole, may 

 safely be given to all the stock poultry. Youno- 

 turkeys sometimes refuse it, but by degrees they 

 begin to relish it, and at last prefer it to all other 

 grain. It should also be thrown into the feedinc 

 vessels appropriated to geese and ducks, mixed 

 with oats and other grain. In our variable 

 climate the weather is often so exceptionally bad 

 that it tries the constitution of even the hardiest 

 of our birds. The heavy mists prevent the grass 



