The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

soil. the absence OF any other hens or
chicks. as well rs the need OF clean air
at night and sunshine all the day. Fol-
low IL n you would get pleasure and
profit from summer chickens.
The chicks can well be started on
cracked wheat and fine grit, not feeding
much till the fourth day. adding beef
the second week, and cracked corn at the
end OF the second week. If there Is ten
der grass to be had on the small range.
the matter OF green food Is taken care OF.
Otherwise you need to supply fine cut
lawn clippings, weeds from the garden or
soaked beet pulp.
In addition to the cracked grain ] like
TO keep before the hen and her chicks a
well made dry mash. / begin to feed
this when the chicks are Ave or six days
old. and keep II always available as long
as the chicks are In summer quarters.
The mash mixture given below may be a
bother to make when YOU raise only few
chicks. but you may find some poultry
man who would be willing to adopt 1t for
his own fiocks and let you have what YOU
needed for your limited number of chicks.
This mash is worth careful trial by
any owner OF breeding hens or growing
chicks, and Is the result OF much expert
inentation on my part. II helps me get
fertile eggs: IL does grow the chicks In my
breeders and with hens!
This growing feed Is mixed y measure
Bran, four parts ground oats, two parts
cornmeal, two parts gluten. one part
low grade -four. one part dried beet pulp,
one part fine fish scrap. two parts short
cut clover or alfalfa, five parts.
do not add salt to this mash. though
II might do no harm to put In one-half
of per cent. by weight OF salt. Keep
on the safe side in the use OF salt In the
feeding OF hens or chicks.
This growing pash is first fed In small
troughs one to two inches high. placed
where the chicks can reach IT, but the hen
IL shut out When the chicks get to be
two months old II can be fed from any
OF the large hoppers that are built to pre-
vent waste.
Good chicks are seldom reared In sum-
mer without good shade OF some sort
Bushes, trees, Notwithstanding Is
needed as a protection against the sun
on my own farm the best place ! have
found for the raising OF my summer
chicks IL a few rows of raspberry bushes
This always has more or less grass In II
an apple tree stands at one end. -four
foot wire fence, tight at the bottom. en-
closes II all Here the chicks have n
roomy coop. eat Off the grass that | want
killed. cultivate the soil around the berry
bushes. catch the hugs and worms and
feed at hopper and dish. In this little
berry plantation keep them TIL the early
SHOWS OF November force me to move
them TO winter houses and winter care.
IL you have 10 chicks or hens on your
| place do not be afraid 10 try out the
rearing of summer chicks. because you
have been told they are without value. II
you have already made start In the
| poultry line. do not try TO handle sum
mer chicks where other chicks have ranged
or other hens have passed the winter and
spring Give the summer chicks a fall
chance and they will always respond tc
your care. develop into good table birds
and late layers, and yield satisfactory re.
/ turns.
| tCobyrioht. 1914. by Macs Mems ADJ
Co., fno)