When
he finds something particularly good, he calls them all around him, and
often he will not eat a morsel until he sees that they are satisfied.
"Of course there are greedy roosters sometimes, as well as greedy boys
and girls, but usually the rooster is good to the hens.
"Some thoughtless farmers carry live fowls with their heads hanging
down. This is very cruel. Think how you would like being carried in that
way. It is cruel also to crowd them into little hampers when they have
to be carried to market.
"Fowls cannot be healthy if kept on the same ground year after year, for
the earth becomes poisoned. They should be moved to new ground every
year, and the soil occupied the year before used to grow grain, grass,
and vegetables; then the fowls could be returned. Unless a movable coop
is used it is a good plan to move the yard from one side of the hen-
house to the other. If the fowls are diseased either through being kept
on poisoned ground or as a result of crowding in taking them to market,
their flesh cannot be wholesome for food.
"Fowls are sensitive, timid creatures, and should be treated with
kindness. If one cannot take good care of them, it is far better to give
up keeping hens and chickens."
ROBERT VISITS THE PIGS.
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