REARING CHICKS AFTER BROODING AGE 



intended for breeding purposes should be fed 

 those foods which will induce a normal, healthy 

 Feeding Par- g rowt h without any of the evils of 

 tialiy Matured forcing. Whole wheat is probably 

 Chicks better than any other one grain, but a 



variety is more than desirable it is essential. 

 Cracked corn is the most fattening, and consid- 

 erable should be fed, as growing chicks always 

 have a decided natural tendency toward " lean- 

 ness." Wheat middlings are also very good, and 

 chicks greatly relish them ; in fact, I find that of the 

 numerous feeds kept before our growing stock in 

 self-feeding hoppers, more middlings are usually 

 required than of any other one feed. Of course, it 

 is placed in the hoppers dry, the same as any grain 

 would be. The best feeds to be kept before the 

 growing stock are wheat, oats, cracked corn, mid- 

 dlings, a prepared commercial mixture of various 

 grain feeds for large chicks, beef scraps, grit, and 

 charcoal. See that the chicks get all they will eat 

 of these feeds, because ordinarily the more they eat 

 the more rapidly they will develop. 



How to Feed Broilers. Chicks to be marketed 

 as broilers should be hurried along more rapidly 

 than chicks intended for breeders, so that they can 

 be marketed at the earliest moment possible and 

 the profits will be greater. After t'he chicks have 

 been given a good start in life by the dry-feed sys- 

 tem, the breeder may hasten their growth during 



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