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Foeas oto KittensBT- KATHLEEN YORKEBeing the second and final instalrnent on the seasonal subject ofkitten rearing and rnanagernent. Follow these tips and you willbe well on the way to having healthy litters.f AST month's instalmerrrI ended with the kittens havitrgreached the fifth weekstage. - Now they will be lookinground to see what mother iseating. So put her food up on atable so that the kittens cannotget to it. Start the kits eatingsteamed or lightly boiled fish atsix weeks old, about a good teaspoonfulto start with once a daypius two little milk feeds. Somepeople mash in wheat flakes n'iththe fish ; it is verv good for thekittens.At eight rvceks. il vou can gcrt rallbif ,boil it very gentlv until tcnder, pick li'orrrthe bone and give this occasionallr'. 'A.lso.lbr a change, some scraped rau' horsefleshis splendid. but it must be ol thc" for human consumption " kind. Theother sort is dangerous and rvill set upall kinds of internal troubles.To develop the jaw and helP tlieteeth through, I always give a good-sizedpiece ofraw meat. It provides exercise lbrthe kittens and helps their digestion : so,too, does a large chop bone with somemeat on it. When the kits tire, take thepieces from them and cut them uP {brmother's supper. collect anv bones andburn thcm.Watch should now be kePt lbr thccutting of teeth, rvhich starts for thesecond teeth about 3j to 4 months andgoes on often to 7 months, when all teethshould be through. Some kittens gothrough this period very quickly andare not at all upset. Others may takelonger and get sore mouths. If a kit isoff its food, look in the mouth, and if thcgums look inflamed and tender, bathcthem with warm watcr to which Youhave added T.C.P. A kitten will ofteneat immedialely alier this treatment.'f .C.P. is safe and effective in many ways.Sometimes t$.o teeth will be in thesame place and rhe old one is not ableto fall out, thus causing a lot of pain.Try to rvork out the old tooth, bathingthe gum with 'f.C.P., n'hich deadens thepain and acts as a healer.If a big litter, the kittens should beweaned at B to 9 rveeks. Do this graduallyotherwise it is very hard on the motherand her milk glands rvill harden andt ause her suff-ring. Take her away for alew hours at a time each day and eachrla; or twu nrak, the br"ak r littlc lung, r'.Put the mother back at night. Then takehr:r arva-v at night and return her to herkittens for a short while in the morning,so that should she have any milk the kitscan suckle it arlar'. Thev should neversuckle her alier rhev har-e eaten mealsnor should thev halc a milk I'eed for atleast four horirs alier a mear meal. Thisroutine prevents aciditv and consequentdigestive troubles.Introduction to GroorningWhen rhc mother is taken away.forLhe night give a late little feed ofBenger's,Midlothian Oat Flour or Farex and milkto satisiy them, as up to now the kittenshave been feeding {iom her at least oncecluring the night. 'fhis last leed w-ill helpkeep thenr from being too hungry in themornlng.You will find that after a week to tendays the kittens rvill have settled dorvnand that the mother rvill not want tofeed them. She will naturally want toclean and play with them. Some mothersare terribly upset when laken from their-