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cord. Should this happen youought to come into action, for youmay otherwise lose a valuablekitten. That is not fussing, butplain common sense.It is impossible to say how longit will take a queen to produce afamily of four as so much dependsupon the particular female. Withmost queens, however, the wholebusiness is finished in a few hours.Some queens are so concernedrvith the kitten which is about tobe born that they forget all aboutany others which have alreadystarted an individual life.It is here that the breeder canoften do useful work, for if heknows his queen he can collect themiserable little wet creatures'rvhich have been born and arrangethem comfortably on a blanketcoveredhot water bottle. To bewet is one thing, but to be wetand cold is no joke. Few queensresent the handling of their kittensby a person they know well.\[7hen kittening is finished it isa good plan to provide the motherand her family with a clean bedand also to leave the hot waterbottle in position. . After that goaway and leave the whole businessto a mother who knows moreabout rearing kittens than youwili ever know.It all sounds so easy, doesn'tit? It is easy nine times out often, but you must have luck onyour side. May that luck beyours this season !LIKE CAT, LIKE KITTEN- both likeCAT FOODServe it ju,t as it is . . . . or moistened with gravy. Thishighly-nourishing, concenrrareJ fooC conlainl meaifibrine, fish and cod liver oil ! Kictens especially loveit. Spratt's Cat Food needs no prepara[ion .,'.. it'sclean .. . . and pussy just loves its flavour !SPRATT'SSPRATT'S BOOKON CATS35 pages of experrinformotion coverinpYorieties, Feedini,Breeding, Treotmeitof Ailments, etc.Beoutifully illustroted,including foscinatingCnt Studies innotural colour. PriceI l- from your deoleror, if ony difficulty,1,2 post free fromaddress below.SPRA€K'S oar F€EorfObtoinoble in I i2 pockets from your usuol Sprott's stockjstSPRATT'S PATENT LTD., 4I i47 BOW ROAD, LONDON, E.323