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they are fed a mixture (No, 3) having the following com- 
position: 
ROME: OOtSia access. evens wand aioe waGtAR cca 2 parts, by weight 
Wheat brani: isis sos casas deten can 2 pts, by weight 
COMMA: scanned verconace’e aoe Gaede sane 2 parts, by weight 
THASCCOSTAGAN \sissaada cum oad doen’ bow’ Zeman de 4g part, by weight 
Screened beef serap...... 6. weceee ce eee - lpart, by weight 
Mixture 3 is given on plates or in troughs and removed 
after ten minutes’ use. At 12:30 Mixture 1 is fed again 
and at 4:30 or 5 o’clock Mixture 3 is fed again, giving 
them all they will eat till their bedtime. Mixture 3, 
being fed dry, the chicks cannot eat it as readily as they 
can the eggs and rolled oats or Mixture 2, which has been 
moistened. For this reason it is left for them to feed on 
longer than when moistened feed is given. The aim is 
to give them enough at each of the four feeds so their 
desire for feed may be satisfied at the time, but to be sure 
that they have nothing left to eat between meals. It is 
desired to have their crops empty before feeding them 
again. When treated in this way they will have sharp 
appetites when the feeder appears and come racing out of 
the brooder to meet him. If overfed a few times they 
become debilitated and worthless. 
Methods 1 and 2 are designed for feeding chicks which 
are hatched so early in the spring that it is impossible for 
them freely to run outdoors. 
Method 3.—This method is like Method 1 except that 
the first feed has the following composition: 
Wheat brant scans dete Git ea ooneenmed dains 4 parts, by weight 
GOTrnMi Glos ssance: ae aaur shan idaaddeedunense 344 parts, by weight 
Linseed-meal...... eee eee eens ly part, by weight 
Screened beef scrap.............-2002 eee 2. parts, by weight 
Alfalfa,1@dl 2cocsseie kaa Bearers 1 part, by weight 
Mixture 5 is scalded and then dry rolled oats are mixed 
