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with water, before feeding it to them. Vegetables, such as 
potatoes, carrots, parsneps, beets, etc., boiled and mashed, are 
acceptable and wholesome, ‘Lettuce, cabbage, Scotch kale, etc., 
chopped up fine, are excellent for all kinds of poultry in the 
winter. A few chopped onions may occasionally be added; 
and also a little flesh-meat, either raw or cooked, cut me small 
pieces. 
The editor of the Country Gentleman thinks that it is better 
to feed poultry in winter from three to four times daily, than 
twice, which is the ordinary custom. By frequent feeding, the 
birds eat but a little at a.time, and never injure themselves ; 
but when fed but once or twice daily, there is danger of thei 
overeating, which frequently produces fatal results. Our rule 
is, to so regulate the*quantity given at each time, that each 
fowl shall have all it wishes, and have nothing left. Our ex- 
perience confirms what many have said, that regular and fre- 
quent feeding is better for the health of the fowl, at any season 
of the year, than it is to fill a vessel with grain and allow them 
access to it at all times. We also think that poultry will eat 
less with frequent feeding than by twice feeding daily. 
Lime is necessary for the formation of egg-shells, and should 
always be accessible. The best form is that of calcined oyster 
shells, pounded in small fragments, A box of sand and gravel, 
and another of ashes, should be added. 
Pure water is another essential that can not be too strenuously 
insisted: upon, impure water being a grand source of the dis- 
eases of poultry. 
Cleanliness must be strictly attended to in all your arrange- 
ménts for fowls; and the inside of the poultry-house should be 
whitewashed twice, at least, during the year, as a preventive 
against vermin. 
15. Incubation, and Rearing Chickens.—For sitting, choose 
good-sized hens. Those with short legs, broad body, and large 
wings are best adapted. to the duty. It is also generally. re- 
marked that the worst layers are the best sitters, All: the 
eggs for a brood, which should not exceed thirteen, should be 
