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ing. If the distance is considerable, use the low-down 

 wagon in place of the wheelbarrow. The hens are fed 

 and watered in cups, fastened to the inside of the coops 

 as high as they can reach. The cups are filled with 

 whole corn once each twenty-four hours, after dark in 



the evening, so as not to at- 

 tract the attention of either 

 hens or chickens. When the 

 chickens are a month old, a 

 part of their feed may be buried 

 near the coop early in the 

 morning, before they are let 

 out, so that they may scratch 

 during the day, although this 

 is not essential, for when there 

 is unlimited range, young chicks will always take suffi- 

 cient exercise. Whenever it is rainy, the box used the 

 first week for feeding, Fig. 36, is again resorted to for 

 that purpose. 



The additional time required to feed chickens indi- 

 rectly is slight, if operations are systematized. All the 



FIG. 35. 



FEED BOX FOR CHICKS. 



chickens of the breeding or pedigree stock, and of the 

 sitting class also, are reared at a separate part of the 

 farm, and fed directly. 



When the hens are removed from the chickens, the 

 latter huddle together nights upon the floor for some 



