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Show GOOD CARE OF SETTING HEN On of 'Beat Fee la Com, Together With Ores Food, Grit, Plenty of Water and .Dust ath. The setting hen. must have hes dally care and attention, just Uko tho Incubator. Incu-bator. One ot the best foods for setting set-ting hens Is whole corn or corn chop, together with green food, grit and fresh water. Placo tho corn and water In front ot tho nest so that during the first day or two tho hen will not bavo to leave her nesttto eat and drink. On tho third day releaso her and scatter grain on tho ground. Try to havo It so arranged that sho can get a dust bath. A formula for a good dust bath Is equal parts of coal ashes and land plaster or flno sand and somo lice powder. Let tho hen remain re-main off tho nest for about flvo minutes. min-utes. Tlo next day tako her off at tho same hour. If possible, and from then on sho muy stay off tho nest until un-til tho eggs aro cooled to blood heat. Tho hen should bo dusted with llco powder, and tho Becond tlmo on tho eleventh or twelfth day, and again three days boforo hatching. Ono may omit tho second dusting, but not tho third on tho eighteenth day, as tho hen ehould bo freo from llco boforo tho I chicks hatch. |