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Show Sitting Hena. In managing Bitting hens, my first rare Is to see that the hens are free from disturbance by other hens or inlrr.ala that might frighten them and Injure the egga, says a writer In tbe Baltimore American. I alwaya duat with Inaect powder when Betting them, ind each week after that till the :ii!cks are batched. I aet about thirteen thir-teen egga under the hena. doubling up when tbe chicks are batched, ao pach hen may have about twenty-five rhlcka. About the middle of April, hena and chlcke are placed In a email coop, 2 by 4 feet, with a lath run, where cata and bawka will not Interfere, Inter-fere, constructing the latha so aa to confine the hen and let the chlcka run at large. For feed the first week I use dry chick food, and furnish with plenty of water. At first I feed five tlmea a day. Aa they grow older wheat and cracked corn are substituted substi-tuted for the chick feed, and beef rrrapa fed alone or mixed In a wet mash are fed three tlmea a week. |