The horse and other live stock . ficlal muscles are thus subjected to an unusual degree ofpainful irritation. The disagreeable habit is, therefore, simplya provision of Nature for their relief, which may be success-fully accomplished by washing with warm water, and the^^ subsequent application of poma-tum to the skin. Bantams, in general, are greedydevourers of some of the mostdestructive of our insects; thegrub of the cock-chafer and thecrane-fly being especial favorites^^ with them. Their chickens canhardly Tbe raised so well, as byallowing them free access tominute insect dainties ; hence,
The horse and other live stock . ficlal muscles are thus subjected to an unusual degree ofpainful irritation. The disagreeable habit is, therefore, simplya provision of Nature for their relief, which may be success-fully accomplished by washing with warm water, and the^^ subsequent application of poma-tum to the skin. Bantams, in general, are greedydevourers of some of the mostdestructive of our insects; thegrub of the cock-chafer and thecrane-fly being especial favorites^^ with them. Their chickens canhardly Tbe raised so well, as byallowing them free access tominute insect dainties ; hence, the suitableness of a worn-outhotbed for them during the first month or six weeks. Theyare thus positively serviceable creatures to the farmer, as faras their limited range extends; and still more so to thegardener and the nurser\-man, as they will save various gardencrops from injuries to which they would otherwise be fowl commonly known as the Bantam is a small,elegantly-formed, and handsomely tinted variety, evide
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