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to the theory that instinct is not so fully developed in the in- 

 cubator-hatched chicks as in those that are hatched by the natural 

 method. If this is true it may account for the death of many 

 young chicks, and should serve as a warning against allowing 

 them to have access to such things as may cause their death in 

 this manner. 



"My choice chick feed is millet, which I buy in the fall when 

 the farmers are threshing, but don't feed millet without plenty 

 of grit. I take a small box and tack a piece of screen wire over 

 if after the bottom has been removed, making it like an old-style 

 meal sieve. Then I sift my grits, using the fine grit for the 

 little chicks, and saving the larger for the birds in the yards." — 

 Eobert Brittain. 



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TURKEYS GETTING GRASSHOPPERS IX MEADOW. 



"Look out for lice. A few of the 'big body lice' will weaken 

 and kill a chick in a short time. To keep chicks free from lice 

 take a very little lard or vaseline and put it on the head and below 

 the wings. Have good dry coops, free from mites and dampness. 

 The cheapest way I know of to keep coops free from lice and mites 

 is to paint them with cheap kerosene." — Dan Oberhellmann. 



FEEDS AND FEEDING. 



One of the first rules to be observed in feeding is to make 

 the fowls work for all they get, but be sure that they are paid for 

 their work. Scanty rations, grudingly furnished, will never make 

 a thrifty flock. Grains should be fed in light, clean straw. Hens 

 enjoy scratching, but not in damp, filthy litter. 



It is said that the average hen will consume about 110 pounds 

 of food per year, and that a flock of fifty hens will drink from 



