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When bed time comes you will have some trouble in 

 rounding up the herd on this second night. Fasten one 

 end of the wire to the wall near the stove and unrolling 

 it as you go, round the little fellows ahead of you. In 

 a day or two they will keep well ahead and it will be but 

 a few minutes work to put the circle in place. Stay on 

 the outside of the circle as you unroll it. You will likely 

 have to reduce the temperature a point or two on this 

 night to keep them the proper distance from the stove. 

 Do not overlook reducing the openings of the airshafts. 

 Get them back to the position at which you had them the 

 night before. Test the alarm system same as you did 

 last night. 



Third Day 



On the third day feed and water early in the morning 

 as before; but do not use the soda. Remember to take 

 the chill off the water. Leave them in the circle for half 

 an hour, then remove the circle and pile up the plats, scat- 

 tering the left-over grain (if any) in the litter. 



At 9 or 9:30 on the third day we give them dry bran 

 and charcoal. The bran must be absolutely pure and 

 sweet if it tastes bitter we do not use it. To a sack of 

 bran (80 or 90 Ibs.) we add about 8 pounds of fine char- 

 coal. This is fed in little troughs. 



The trough is made of a piece of ^2x3, in 4 foot 

 lengths, on each side of which is nailed an ordinary lath. 

 The end pieces are 3 inches high and a lath is nailed across 

 the top from one end piece to the other, with a little sup- 

 port in the center of just the right size to keep the top 

 piece from sagging. We use one trough to each hundred 

 chicks. The troughs are set lengthwise of the house close 



