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like a hopeless idiot. I would take him along, day by day, 

 morning, noon and night, knowing just what to do at 

 each stage of the game." When this novice has gradu- 

 ated he can do his own eliminating of non-essential fea- 

 tures and make such changes as will best fit his own 

 particular case and habits. But at the start, assuming 

 that he knows nothing whatever about handling the 

 chicks, we purpose giving him something to go on. 



Getting Ready for the Chicks 



The chicks are delivered to us 36 to 48 hours out of the 

 incubators at which time they are ready for their first feed 

 and water. 



About one week before the chicks are due the brooder 

 house is in order. If it is a new one it has been 

 thoroughly sprayed ; if an old one it has been cleaned, 

 washed out with a hose and nozzle, allowed to dry and 

 then sprayed. If clean sand, reasonably free from dust 

 and dirt, is available, the floor is covered with it to a 

 depth of about one inch. A light scattering of clean, 

 bright straw, preferably wheat straw, is put over this ; if 

 barley straw must be used it is put through the feed chop- 

 per and cut into one inch lengths. If clean sand is not 

 to be had none is used and the straw is made about two 

 inches deep. 



The stove is started up and tested out thoroughly, run- 

 ning several days if necessary to get the proper adjust- 

 ment and to be sure it is working properly. The auto- 

 matic alarm system is gone over and put in working 

 position, the thermostat hanging by its wires (from a 

 rafter) 12 inches above the floor, 3 feet from the stove 



