1956 



The Cornell Reading-Courses 



The most frequent cause of the communication of disease from one bird to 

 another is by means of food and water. By providing fresh, wholesome 

 food and drink and by removing the sickly chicks from among the healthy 



ones, this danger is largely avoided. 

 Feeding growing stock.- — The grow- 

 ing stock should be placed on larger 

 range, the cockerels being removed 

 to separate quarters except such as 



^^^L •'F-—'^ ■^'''^'"" 'r''^]' ^"^ '^'^ ir^^' are to be kept for breeding purposes. 

 chtcks. I his IS used indoors, or placed ^ o r- i 



under the colony houses. The top is re- These chickens may now be hopper 

 movable thus making the trough easy to fg^j ^^d the ration should be a 

 fill and to clean 



generous one. The grain ration may 



contain a larger proportion of com and no hulled oats. Very early pullets 



may be fed largely on whole grain if it is desired that they shall not begin 



.laying early. Later pullets may be hurried on to early laying by feeding 



them with a ration containing a larger proportion of ground grain and of 



beef scrap. 



An outdoor hopper is desirable for growing stock. This should be set in 

 a place sheltered from the prevailing winds and where the sun will shine 

 on it. The Cornell outdoor hopper is illustrated in figures 144 and 

 145. This hopper is 32 inches wide, 40 inches high, and 4 feet and 9 

 inches long. It is divided into separate compartments for whole grain, 

 dry mash, grit, and beef scrap. 



The dishes for water should be large and numerous enough to supply 

 a liberal quantity, so that the chickens may never be obliged to remain 

 thirsty. 



Shall unmixed beef scrap 

 be always accessible to the 

 chicks? — Opinions differ as 

 to the best method of in- 

 suring a plentiful supply 

 of meat food to the chicks. 

 Some poultrymen would 

 add another part of beef 

 scrap to the food mixtures; 

 others would supply beef 

 scrap in a tray or a hopper 

 after the first two or three 

 weeks, giving a limited 

 amount at first and 

 gradually increasing the quantity until beef scrap was before the chicks 

 at all times; still others would allow the chicks all the beef scrap they 



Fig. 144. — An outdoor hopper used in feeding 

 growing slock when on range 



