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Treatment Of Fowls When Confined

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Day
1
Month
July
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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Linkeed rneal ia found to bo a great promotor of egg laying. Mixed with scalded meul or "shorts, or with sommilk, it is readily oaten, ai)d is a good substituto íbr anima] t'ood and insects. llena like Indian 9OFn better than any other grain, nnd it is toir cheapest food. Frtr confining benita oovered room with f dry earth íoof, to niuoh butUr ihan an open yard which tho rain keopn in a tihhy state most of the time. VViíl) sand to roll in, hens muy be confined under cover the wholo season Half n hour before sunsot. they should bo lot out to rage over the yard r.nd gsréëè. Tey wifl then bu too busy picking grasa, gravel, etc., to Bopat'ch and do miscliieí', bcÁog alwayn m a burry to return to tho roost before twilight. llena thus kept will moro thab twice pay lor thoir keeping, ií not too oíd to lay ve!l. It is remarhed thnt ín no wiso did the subjeets oí' Muximilian demontitrate any joy ón his arriVal. Tliay were, of course, curious to h:ive a look at the imperial couplo, but beyond this they wero iw eold and impasai.bíe aa though horn in lliose regions which cave his Mmjop'v biríh, iriítenil of uudor tho tropical ;iys oí O':d SttL. Men BÍb on water whcu it is frezen, ' urn! on whikey wboo t isü't.

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Michigan Argus