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millet, sorghum seed or any small grains in this litter 

 and let them scratch it out. There are lots of days in April 

 that you can't let the chicks out in the wet; on those days 

 cut pieces of sod two or three feet square and. put one in 

 each colony house for the chicks to work on. 



At the start get a roll of two foot poultry wire and 

 make a small yard in front of the colony house; enlarge 

 this yard as the chicks grow and when they are six weeks 

 old remove it entirely. The chicks will hustle all day and 

 return to the house at night. When the chicks are six 

 weeks old, feed oats, whole oats, hulls and all. If they 

 don't take to them, starve them to it. Oats is one of the 

 best foods on the farm for poultry. 



Market the Cockerels Early. 



As soon as the cockerels weigh two pounds each, ship 

 them to market and give the pullets their room. Keep 

 plenty of clean straw for the chicks to sleep on; don't let 



One of the Colony Poultry Houses Designed by L. B. Rich, Described 

 in his Article, "Rearing Heavy ijayers." 



