POULTRY RAISING 47 



abovit eight feet from this fence ; then another fence, 

 sarae as the other. 



It makes no difference how many brooders on a Hne, 

 twenty could be handled all right if they were all filled 

 with chicks at near the same time. 



If the field was near level they would equalize them- 

 selves all right in the brooders. 



You can safely put seventy-five chicks in each brooder 

 and should have no trouble in raising seventy of them 

 to maturity if you follow my instructions to the letter. 



For feed and care I first grind fine all eggshells they 

 hatch from, and feed these for first three days, putting 

 chick feed before them the second day. You must see 

 that they are never out of feed again as long as 3'ou own 

 them. Here is one of the secrets of success, for if your 

 chicks always have free access to feed, they will never 

 overeat and die of indigestion. As soon as you put them 

 out give them fine grit and fine charcoal, also water that 

 is lukewarm, and your eggshells, and, as I said, next 

 day put chick feed before them. 



On the third day also put beef scraps before them and 

 see that they are never without it. Begin feeding them 

 processed oats, same as you do your hens ; on the seventh 

 day they will quickly take to it and eat off all the roots 

 and sprouts, leaving nothing but the hulls. Feed them 

 all the processed oats they will take from then on, say 

 three times a day. Do not be afraid, for they cannot 

 overeat of it, and remember this costs only ten cents a 

 bushel. You can thus see how cheap you can raise your 

 chicks. 



Remember, from the seventh day on, your chicks must 

 have always before them water, chick feed, grit, charcoal 

 and beef scrap; also feed three times a day all the pro- 

 cessed oats they can eat. I generally set a panful in the 

 pen first thing in the morning and again at noon, dump- 



