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froa The Poslssy ysrsis. baG.nssng
9th shs yoSAG chscks. sAs told y.
the proper management fes the krs,
wsrks ot their lives. A Resiy
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snsbsorted yosA VI the egg ao9r,si.es
then tor that Ieassh OF time, asa
any food wo~Id be lnjsr,oss. The
hrst f'vd should be ~hes, bread
mosstened with milk, and fed
crambly, never sticky, "johnuy
cake made IT two-thlr,is corn meal,
oae-th,rd whess bran, eth . I,ttte
bessf uss~l, If obtAinAble-salt " for
bread, nix with soar milk and
s~eeten With soda mix stiff ~ 1t
viii be crumbly. TINS ,snot SO much
trouble as 1t appears. Mix q bag
painful and 1t will last two or three
days. Also feed niilet seed, some
OF the prepared chick feed If yon
live where IT can be procured, soane
sand and grit where they can get
1t from the hrst, dry oss meal, Datch
cheese. etc. Whea tney are three
weeks old begun To Iced cracked
wheat and cracked corn. Keep
fresh water before them ali the time,
but never put out q dish IN winch
they can get wet or drowned. A
tin pie plate, with Hat rock some
what smaller than the plate, is very
good If rehlled often enough. Then
there are little fountains mat can be
male from flower pot or small lard
can. Make a small nole in the side
Of the can about hall inch from
she top, Ill the ean with water, turn
the PIE plate down over the top, IN
vert The whole and place ON the
ground. The water will run out ol
the hole in the can only as last as IL
is used out oi tine plate. Experl-
euce will teach each person the best
methods for their especial leeds or
circumstances. Chicks should he
put On a grass plat or fed chopped
green food every day. Lettuce, al
talia or onion. tops are all excellent
They should have live meals day
for four or FIVE weeks, when three
will do. The hen is best kept in
coop and the chlchs allowed to run
outside. In tue case ii very early
chicks, 1t is OF vitil importance to
have suitable coop ready Tor them,
Tor they must spend most OF the
time IN the coop, and hight and
warmth are essential for Their well
being II not their very lives Mrs
11lsun likes a coop made OF dry
goods box or shoe box about two
feet high, two feet wide and four
feet long. In the side of this box
or at one end, cot a square hole and
place over it an oxlO pane OF glass
30 that it will slide along the box
out OF the way when desired Keep
hen aud chicks IN TINS box in bad
weather. Later in the season, take
out tins glass and substitute frame
OF the same size covered with wire
netting. Any woman Can do this II
she can handle hammer and saw.
and all women ambitious to succeed
In the poultry business should learn
that much OF carpentering at once.
1t is easy if one only thinks so. To
keep the chicks free from vermin,
dust the old hen several times in a
month with q little good insect pow
der. Chicks cared for in this way,
will, barring accidents. live TO he a
source of pleasure and profit to their
owneIs. Mrs. Tilson gave us in
structions regarding incubators and
brooders. but we cannot do that sub
Ject justice in q newspaper article.
Anyone contemplating the purchase
of an incubator can obtain all infor-
nation required from companies
sending out the machine. 1t is not
likely any of Mrs Tilson's hearers
in Gunnison intend to go into the
poultry business on large scale, 30
we will suppose the old hen suffi-
cient for our needs. As for the
brooder, which can be used to ad-
vantage, even when the Matching is
done by hens. The most important
point is not to overcrowd. Mrs.
Tilson said that brooder never
held comfortably more than half the
given number-that is, fifty chick
brooder should have only % chicks.
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