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KEEP CHICKS
GROWING PROPERLY
Roomy COops, Cleanliness, Coed reed
And Water, Shade And Fresh
Range, Are Essential.

! And Water, Shade And freSh
Range, Are Essential.
The enthusiasm with which mahy
poultry raisers. particularly begin
ners, start in the spring with young
. chicks sometimes lags as the season
| advances and the chicks get Otd
enough to shift for themselves. III
| care is neglected at this period, how
ever. success is impossible. In"
! baby chicks may be smart little 1el-
! lows from strong vigorous, parent
stock, and they may have been BROOD
! ed carefully for the first two or three
! weeks, but unless they receive proper
! care and management during thelf
| later growing period they Will not
develop properly, and many OF theih
| will be lost by sickness and disease.
! This is the timely warning made D9
! pOultrymen of the United States De
! partment of Agriculture in Farmers
| Bulletin iii, Management OF
Growing Young Chicks, publlsheo
by the department in which is given
I rhe essentials to proper growth ana
! development OF chicks. The bulletin
! is written briefly and in simple terms
| for beginners especially members oi
| boys and girls poultry CLUBS.
Provide Suitable Food And Care
The chief essentials TO the proper
! growth of chicks, accoding to the pul
! uetin are good coops, or houses.
! cleanliness. proper feed and water
! shade and free range. CROWNS
| chicks should be provided with large
| roomy cOops or houses, which Will
| :,iya them a comfortable place 10
! stay at night and during stormy
| weather The bulletin suggests no
! particular kind of house, but states
/ il should be 50 built that il Will pro
| vide the chicks With plenty OF llsht,
! nure air and sunshine. and protect
! Them from dampness and storms ol
MI kinds. 1t should be arranSed SO
! ghat if can be cleaned easily ana ire
uuentIv, which is very important.
! Chicks should never be crowded IN
! brood coops for crOwding Will cause
them TO become oVerheated. result
ing in improper growth and some
/ Zines in dead chicks. a good mouse
can be built from dry-goods DoA vi
a piano box. which can be covered
with tar paper. the total cost Gelns
small. L.
Sickness or disease usually staPts
IN unclean quarters, and III such
places lice and mites are always
more plentiful the bulletin says.
The coops should be cleaned ana
.nrayed once Il week. and clean shaN-
inps, chaff or sand put on the llooL
Fyamine the chicks and houses OF
ION for lice and mites. and II 1oun'
,hev should be gotten rid of at once
FARMERS Bulletin 1110 gives dlrec-
lions for fighting lice and mites.
Feed Right For Rapid Growth
:. The three kinds of feeds most
: necessary for rapid growth are gram
. feed. green feed. and dry mash. "A
: o,.ain mixture should be fed nlSht
!: and morning, giving as large quan-
tit1, as the chicks will eat clean, Dul
t mo more. A good mixture for grow
> inc chicks consists of three parts
, cracked corn,s two parts wheat, anu
3. TWO parts hulled oats. kahr corn
. or rolled or hulled barley may pe
Il substituted for hulled oats.2A snp-
!. nlv of fresh green feed is dimes =
: necessary for growing chicks. Ihey
, obtain plenty of it if they have Tree
range. but if kept in conhnemeh,'
lawn grass beet tops, cabbage, let
,uce or other such green feeo'
should be supplied regularly.
= 4 dry mash should be kept before
arowing chicks at all times after they
are three or four weeks old. 1t Is
4 hest to feed it in hopper inside the
building or where ii will not be eA-
. nosed to- rain or wet. The bulletin
\ suggests the following mash: Two
nonnds corn meal, pounds mla-
- dlings, l pound oatmeal, POUNDS
n wheat bran, / pound beef scrap, ana
A pound charcoal. ,a hc
Grit and oyster shells shoula oe
= provided so the chicks ma! neil
themselves whenever they WISH
= When sour milk can be obtained 1t
c should also be kept before the chicks
as no feed is regarded better lol
= them. When this is given tne
n : amount of beef scrap in the urs
I mash NAV be reduced one-half. Pleh
!. ~ of Fresh. clean water is absolute
" necessary, and in hot weather II
= should be provided twice daily IL
y dishes that have been thorough!
v cleaned. 49,, -,
:. The bulletin emphasizes the I'M
t nortance of free range and shade fol
r growing chicks. They are neces
q sary if chicks are to grow raplulS
and develop into vigorous foWls
4 When growing chicks have lree
range they obtain quantities ol
green feed. bugs, worms, ana otnei
things. therefore they require less
Grain and are less liable to sickness