The labor world., 1910-05-14

the heating drum, thus keeping tho
chicks uniformly warm 8 md at the
sans dino proy,diax. tie with fresh
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The. exact temperature Of the brood
er is Of. no particular consequence.
The w4rmest part of it should always
be- just Z little too warm 90 that the
chick may is toward or from the heat,
% It pleases. The comfortable chick
sleeps squatttne down With IT. head
stretched out: II cold It stands up In
n effort to ret near the heat, which
81 above 1t, These attitudes Of the
chicks are by TAR the best thermometer
Tor the hFooder..:: |.. ST >.,s,s 81: !, :, :=
=. The arrangement Of the broodar for
the sleeping accommodations :of the
chicks il important, but this IL not
the only thing to be considered ii 4
brooder. The brooder used In the ear
y season. and especially: the outdoor
brooder; mllst have ample space pro.
vided Tor the daytime accommodation
of the chick. This part Of the brooder
must be, well lighted and somewhat
cooler than the hover. AZ soon as
conditions will permit get the chick
ems out on "a large door or, better still,
on. the ground: Keep the: chicks
scratching in daylight and sleeping
stretched ont ct night, and: the: most
difncult problem Of poultry raising has
been solved. ~:..: *Ss.5...: g :, =.
:. = -. Feeding chieks.s ~
Little. chicks should not be fed for
forty-eight to seventy-two hours after
Matching. Nature has. provided for
their nourishment during this period,
and people who worry. about them
starving are wasting pity. Another
error made by kind hearted people is
lii thinking the chick needs bread and
milk, hard boiled egg yolk or some
other soft food or wet food. On the
contrary. the chick should be given
the same class. of food: that it would
get II It: nrst saw daylight in it's ma.
tive Indian Jungle.
The. natural diet consists of seeds,
insects and fresh sprigs Of grass. This
: we: must duplicate the best we can.
+ "A chick may be first fed any grains
. that chickens eat in later life IL the
particles are small enough tor the
! chick to swallow, and they do moi
need 70 be 80 small. either; for newly
hatched chicks can : swallow Kan1i
corn or whole wheat Hulled oats and
millet are two Of the choicest grain
foods for young chicks: Wheat, crack.
ed corn and Kanar corn are staple
poultry food. 49,. :... :.
Feed small quantities and >as Otter
~ ts convenient, II tho food is buried
in 4 deep litter: they must work Longer
getting It out The idea IL to have
them Always hungry enough to, hum
for feed and always = little food fo1
them to ind. II tho chicks are at nber
II feeding often IS not 80 important
Three times: Z day would be suncient
while: II they roam far In the fields
finding much food, morning and even
ing feeding Ia all that III 1ecessary.:
It is highly 1mportant that the young
chicks be given a.. littie meat food il
some form Commercials beet scrap, +,
be had at the feed store: is the bes
meat sfood, forsany: t;off poultry. Fol
chicks hatched in the spring of th,
year and allowed range outdoors n,
special prov vtsion .1or, gresn food. neet
be made. II ~hatched in the winter i
II highly important that this be pro
vided in some form There is nothin,
better.. for winter green food thar
kale. which il planted the season be
fore will keep greensssall winter.#in al
most any climate: Earlyff lettuce ant