56 ELEMENTAEY AGRICULTUEE 



When chicks are first brought to the brooder, bread 

 crumbs are sprinkled upon the floor among the grit, 

 and in this way they learn to take food and grit at 

 the same time. To make them eat promptly, the 



Fig. 34. Incubator babies. 



food may be taken away after five minutes. (Fig. 

 34.) 



Fattening Broilers. When the chickens are 

 weaned from the hen, the cockerels are put in a 

 yard by themselves and fed on porridge made of 

 four parts of corn meal, two parts of middlings, and 

 one part beef scrap. The mixture is wet with 

 skimmed milk until it will run from a wooden spoon. 

 They are fed this at morning and at evening. They 

 are allowed plenty of shade and kept as quiet as 



