Gather Eggs Often.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 409, 9 October 1889, Page 3

Gather Eggs Often.

Where hens are nob allowed free range, the temptation to the vice of egg- eating ia greatly enhanced. To keep them from contracting this bad habit locate the nests in a dark place and provide plenty of nests in order that they may not be obliged to crowd each other and thus bring about the breaking of the eggs. This is just where the egg-eating habit has its origin, in nine out of ten cases. An egg is accidentally broken, and the hens rush in to get a taste, and thus othei*3 may be broken. The chances are that every hen engaged in the raid will learn that shells can be easily broken, and the evil will spread like yellow fever in an infected district. Ib is best to fit up the nests where they will not get much light as this will serve to prevent the fowls from visiting them except for the purpose of laying. Furnish plenty of artificial nest eggs. Those made of wood are cheapest and answer the purpose very well. Where an inclination to egg- eating exists, a few taps of the bill on these imitations serve to create a healthy respect for eggs in general. Ib is well known that hens desire seclusion in time of laying. Give them this as far as possible and gather the eggs often that your fowls may lead honest lives.

She — Last night I dreamt we were at Te Aroha and stopping at one of the finest i hotels. "He— Don't talk that way. Money is so scarce nowadays that we can't afford even to dream of going to Te Aroha. Do not marry a drone ; he would always ■ find the house ill kept and his wife wearisome.