HATCHING AND REARING CHICKS 
before the chicks at the same time they are given 
their first meal, and these materials are kept con- 
stantly before the chicks ever afterward. 
There is no infallible formula for the feeding 
of little chicks; this applies with equal force to the 
kind and amount of feed. The dry-feed method 
is now very popular and in the most common 
use. By the “ dry-feed ” method is meant the rear- 
ing of little chicks on small grains and cracked 
seeds, without any such thing as “ soft food” or 
mashes. I have been using this method of feeding 
chicks on the Buff Rock Farm for several years 
now, and results have been very satisfactory indeed; 
so much s0, in fact, that I would not now think of 
returning to the tedious and more expensive mashes 
and johnnycake methods. While, to be sure, the 
day of this last-mentioned manner of feeding is 
not yet quite past, still the novice will be on much 
the safer side if he adopts the dry-feed method 
exclusively. 
Chicks not only relish a variety of foods, but 
actually require a variety for maximum growth 
and thrift. There is no better way to provide 
variety than to use one of the prepared chick feeds. 
These feeds contain eight or ten different kinds of 
small seeds and cracked grains, are fed dry and 
with absolutely no waste, and are mixed together 
in just the correct proportions so that the 
feeder is relieved of the bother and uncertainty of 
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