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removing (tlie cliicks) fnun tlie inculmtdr take cacli cliick 

 individually and dij) its heak intd sour milk in (injcr to make 

 sure that milk is tlie first food taken into its system. He 

 sure that the chiek swallows two or three times before passing 

 it on to the box or basket in whieh it is to be earried to the 

 brooder. 



"The first day's ration should consist of fine ehiek feed in 

 which has been mixed a lai-ge proportion of fine .urit. It may 

 be even well to give clear grit for the first feed. After two or 

 three days the i)roi)ortion of grit may be reduced and after 

 the first week it may be hopper fed if desirefl. 



"Beginning with the third day wheat bran should be con- 

 stantly available. 1 )uring the second week feed grain tlirce 

 or four times daily and substitute chick mash for the wheat 

 bran. Make all changes of feed gradually." The following 

 is the ration. 



AYhen the chicks are six weeks of age this ration is gradually 

 replaced by a regular laying ration as follows: 



CiHAlX AJ \S!I 



C'racked corn 200 pounds Corn meal 100 pounds 



Wheat 200 " "Wheat bran 100 



Ground oats 100 " 



Middlings 100 



Meat or fisli scrap 100 



Schoppe' recommends as a first feed a mixture of 2 parts 

 wheat bran and 1 part rolled oats fed in shallow tin jians, 

 the bottoms of which have been sprinkled with fine chick 

 grit. The chicks are allowed to j)ick at this for aI)out ten 

 minutes and then it is removed. For the first few days they 

 are fed five times a day, \'ery sparingly. During the first 

 week the mash is gradually clianged until it contains etjual 

 parts of bran and rolled oats. 



' Montana Agricultural College, in Poultry Life, March, 1913. 



