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Mixture No. 1 should be moistened with sour 

 skimmed milk and will prove a most satisfactory 

 food for the first five or six days. Mixture No. 3 is 

 best fed as a dry mash in a hopper and is a suitable 

 food to keep constantly before the chicks until 

 they are pretty well grown. No. 2 mixture is suit- 

 able for feeding in light litter after about the first 

 week. 



It is not best to give the little chick all it can 

 possibly eat and then require it to become ravenously 

 hungry before the next feeding. Under natural 

 conditions the young chickens are seeking food dur- 

 ing a large portion of the day and at no time are 

 they completely gorged . A little food at frequent 

 intervals undoubtedly is best. If they are given food 

 in suitable quantities, feeding from five to seven 

 times per day will be found to be none too often 

 for the first five or six days. After this time it will 

 not be necessary to feed more than three times a 

 day if they have access to the dry mash in the 

 hopper at all times. Finely shredded green food and 

 charcoal are also necessary. Some authorities prefer 

 to scatter the grit and charcoal over the food. 



The following is quoted from an experiment 

 station publication:* "If skim milk be added to the 

 ration fed to young chickens it will increase the 

 consumption of other foods given. The great increase 



*Summary of Bulletin No. 71, Purdue University Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



