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2168. White Mice. White Mice are fed upon bread soaked in milk, peas, oats, beans, &c., and any kind of nuts. 2169. Monkeys. Monkeys feed upon bread, and fruit of any kind. Do not give them meat, but occasionally they may I have small bones to pick. 2170. Guinea Pigs. Guinea Pigs very much resemble rabbits in their mode of living, and may be treated in much the same manner. They should be kept dry, warm, and very clean. 2171. To Fatten Poultry. Poultry should be fattened in coops, and kept very clean. They should be furnished with gravel, but with no water, except that with which their only food, barley-meal, is mixed. Their thirst makes them eat more than they would, in order to extract the moisture from the food. This should not be put in troughs, but laid upon a board, which should be washed clean every time fresh food is put upon it. 2172. To Fatten Fowls in a Short Time. Mix together ground rice well scalded with milk, and add some coarse sugar. Feed them with this in the daytime, but do not give them too much at once; let it be rather thick. 2173. Egg Shells for Poultry. It is a bad thing to give fowls egg-shells. They supply nothing that is not equally well furnished by lime, and especially bricklayers' rubbish, old ceilings, &c. Never do anything that has a tendency to make them eat eggs. They are apt scholars. If they find worms in a natural way they are good food, but it is a bad plan to give them by the handful.