The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-21
lROOs EYEIT's PERsQ II
D0AIIlN AIES IN CHICAGO
CHICKEN CHATTER.
Some Timely Reminders and Season.
able Suggestions.
Keep the chicks GROWN g.

II Keep the chicks growing.
Make warfare on mites and lice.
Get the premises in clean condi-
ton. Chicken vertnin thrive IN dirty
houses.
Have all the brood coops ra tproof,
SO the chicks viii be secure at night
Remember, chicks require clean.
dry quarters. pure air and exercise.
Lack of these things invites both
trouble and disease. Wholesome and
varied food is required, for the chicks
and growing~hesh. bone. muscle and
feathers at one. time. A diet Of one
fcoi. viii not answer.
After chicks are trvo months old let
them have access to cracked corn at
all tines if they are on 4 good gass
range.
Scrub stoci-scrufo results, and gen
orally the keeper is classed as a scrub
man All the redeeming features
scrub or cross bred fowls possess come
from some pure-bred ancestors. In
pure-bred flock there is uniformity
in shape of the specimens and color OF
and color All these things are sell
ing factors. and all are lacking in the
flock of scrubs.
Give both the chicks and fowls a
chance to pick OYER the wood or coal
ashes. They seem TO find something
they like there. Charcoal in small
pieces they viii often swallow with
apparent relish. II the charcoal has
been on hand some time it may have
absorbed deleterious matter or odors.
Heat it we'll and all these are dis
PEELED and the charcoal is good as
ever.
Crusts of stale bread soaked in milk
and then squeezing out part of the
surplus milk is a food greatly relished
by chicks of all sizes and ages
Miss Bremen says: Boil cheap
rice until done, then pour off the sur
plus water and set vessel back on the
stove SO to have the rice steamed
until it becomes a little dryer, then
sift on cornmea1 stirring briskly with
fork until the meal causes all the
grains to become separate. That is
splendid food to give three or four.
moons in a week to chicks after they
are three weeks old The chicks sim
ply go wild over it,.
Remember that the brooder chicks
must have green food by the time
they are week old Lettuce is eS-
cellent for them. Unless they have
hay chaf to scratch in they will have
weak or leg cramp. Scatter some
Tor
the chaff litter and see how their lit
tie legs will make it fly. Their
CHEEKY chirp will also tell you how
they enjoy the needed exercise.
Don't forget 70 burn all the old nest
aterial as soon as the sitting hens
leave the nest with their 9roods. Take
the nest boxes out and hold them
over the bIaza-the inside should be
well heated. ami if scorched or char
red little no harm will be done.
OF course, these operations should be
done far enough away from the houses
SO there can be no possible danger
from fire.
Mysterious ailments OF broode1
chicks can often be traced to a lack
OF sufficient grit supply. Even when
regularly prepared grit is provided
it Will be found beneficial TO use good
clean sand literally for them to
scratch in. The sand should be re-
newed every other day. and should be
kept dry.
Never put an egg away with dirt of
any kind on ii. Eggs absorb oClors.
Clean-sheIled eggs help sell them and
bring better prices than dirty, mussy
looking eggs. Appearance of all com
rI2odties is always a custom-ma king
factor
Personal attention is what counts in
the poultry business. Rest assured
if You are attentive enough TO your
flock to be classed a crank on DOul-
try that profitable success is near
enough to you TO shake hands with.
There are Occa sions when it is com
plimeRt to be called a crank.
Handle the new-laid egg with care.
Tis a thing that's easy TO mash.
It has place on all bills of fare
And always sells for cash.
The new-laid egg is good food. pure,
Nothing better can be had.
But eggs of uncertain age are sure