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Bn Weather they may be allowed to sleep anywhere they choose out of doors, 
ett during the laying period, and then they should be guarded so as to get 
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| tinge tN CuroKxens.—Gapes in chickens are the result of worms in the 
lity, Generally there is little difficulty in getting rid of them. A very 
nee VAY is to wind a small‘piece of slightly rough silk or satin round the 
ae ® goose’s quill, securing it at the upper end with a silken thread. Now, 
| ‘SS inserted into the chicken’s windpipe (the neck of the bird being held 
' Ue eeeht), asingle turn will bring the worms with it, and the cure is effected. 
pte camphor in the drinking water should be afterwards supplied. 
ry Besn Foop ror Fowrs.—Wheat is the best grain to give fowls for every 
ai, ood. Corn (maize) is too fattening, and should only be fed to those 
i Nded for the table. 
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‘a Scours.—Scours is a species of diarrhoea ; the vent becomes clogged, and 
Ri Passage. Taken in time, the chicks will recover, but they lose flesh, and 
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| by pttontea Dvucxs.—Common hens are generally used for hatching ducks 
f swe who have no incubators. For this purpose Brahmas or Cochins are 
te  duck-eges their weight and clumsiness is not so apt to result in break- 
i | tees ucks begin laying very early in the season, and consequently it is 
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nauceth of 1 or2 inches with fresh sandy earth. When this is shaped 
ti ling in the corners of the box so that the nest shall be merely level on 
Teg 2tiom, and covered with 1 inch of soft chaff, you have a perfect nest. 
} Oe fy Not so good. Ducks and fowls should not be fed for at least twenty. 
_ ~~ Surs before killing. 
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED. 
Cold Most of the little chicks which die are carried off because of exposure to 
ty damp. Let there be no draughts about them in the coop, but ventilate 
‘th ove. Keep them out of the rains, and so arrange their drinking troughs 
fay, °Y Will not get in them. See that they are free from lice. Without this 
| 2° will receive neither pleasure nor profit. 
| Nene che Is no single mistake, in the care of poultry, so common as that of 
; Sepp “ ng. Gorging with foods that make fat is not the way toward profitable 
Xeni duction. When fowls are confined so that they do not get,much 
4% this is to be guarded against. 
| (588 keep better when cocks do not run with the hens. 
ai 5 ‘rule it pays better to sell eggs than raise chickens for the market. 
eed flock well cared for will make more money than a large one 
rig hens don’t lay; kill them, or they will eat out the profit of those 
th Md cases complete stoppage ensues, the discharge hardening and blocking - 
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