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not only fresh and pure but tempered with warmth all 

 over the room, and in addition, a zone of extra warmth 

 may be found close to the stove for those needing it. The 

 objection to letting them outdoors is that the stronger 

 ones, those able to withstand possible severe changes in 

 temperature, will always "scoot" out, and the weaker 

 ones that need a tempered atmosphere will run with them 

 as long as they can, finally bunching up where they are 

 still in sight of the fellows who are enjoying themselves. 



A change in the feeding method is also advisable. Let 

 them have their grain and greens as before, but abandon 

 the dry mash feeding and substitute a moistened mash, 

 fed twice a day say at 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. If milk of 

 any kind is available, use it to moisten the mash, not a 

 wet, soggy mass, but a crumbly mixture, one that when 

 balled up in the hand will fall apart readily when the 

 pressure is removed. The addition of finely chopped 

 onions or garlic and stale bread, the latter previously 

 soaked in milk or warm water, would be a decided bene- 

 fit. Feed the grain sparingly and use the plats regard- 

 less of age, but in addition scatter some grain promis- 

 cuously through the litter. 



It would also seem advisable to clean the brooder house 

 once a week while the trouble is running, putting in fresh 

 straw at each cleaning. Keep the temperature up, espe- 

 cially at night. Keep it high enough so that they will 

 spread out. If the roosts have been let down, put them 

 up again and resume the use of the wire circle, enlarg- 

 ing it sufficiently so that the stronger chicks can get away 

 from the increased heat. Watch the ventilation care- 

 fully; give them plenty of fresh air at night, but do it 



