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wheat, com (cracked), oats, barley, rye and millet. You 

 can also feed buckwheat, sunflower seeds, peas and beans 

 and also rice for a change. Give them all they will eat 

 readily; circumstances alter the amount. 



Besides grain, the fowls need green and animal food. 

 For the latter prepared beef scraps can be used and should 

 be before them at all times in hoppers. Table scraps 

 are also good and milk in any form is excellent but if very 

 sour it should be sweetened with a little common soda. 



For green food, clover hay is good; some people steam 

 it before using, while others feed it in the natural condi- 

 tion. Dried lawn clippings are a good substitute for the 

 clover hay. Cabbage or beets are good for a change and 

 now and then chopped onions will be relished. 



Be liberal with the water, have it fresh and warm it 

 slightly in very cold weather. Sharp grit and oyster shells 

 are very essential and should be kept before them always. 

 The former is for digestive purposes and the latter to sup- 

 ply material for egg-shells. Charcoal is very good as a 

 bowel regulator and blood purifier and can be fed in hop- 

 pers constantly. 



Always feed the grain in a litter of straw, hay, leaves or 

 chaff which ought to be found in every poultry house and 

 should be changed whenever it gets dirty. The exercise 

 obtained by the fowls scratching for the grain will help to 

 keep them warm and will also fit them for laying by work- 

 ing off the surplus flesh, besides being a help to the sj'stem 

 generally. 



The house should be moderately warm, but I do not be- 

 lieve in artificial heat. Don't be afraid that you are going 

 to freeze everything if you leave the windows partly open 

 for a little while. Never allow the drafts to blow on the 

 fowls as they are disastrous to the health of the birds. 

 This can be prevented by having a cloth wndow which ought 

 to be taken out when the sun is bright and warm. After 

 all the sun is one of the best tonics. 



Never crowd fowls or they will not lay well and will be 

 liable t& many diseases. Each bird ought to have at least 

 four square feet of floor space and five or six is better if 

 you have the room. Have plenty of sunlight in all parts 



