REARING CHICKS AFTER BROODING AGE 
circumstances, make continuous and frequent use of 
condiments like red pepper, mustard, or patent ton- 
ics of any kind in order to force egg laying, among 
either pullets or adult birds, unless you want to get 
all the eggs possible out of the female in one season 
and then discard her. These foods used in small 
quanities once a week or every two weeks do no 
particular harm and may do good, but if used reck- 
lessly they inflame and excite the digestive tract 
and the organs of reproduction, and, although they 
will temporarily produce the desired results, a reac- 
tion is bound to come which in course of time will 
leave the birds in a debilitated, run-down condi- 
tion, and they are liable to succumb to attacks of 
disease germs in the tissues, which in health and 
vigor they would resist and reject. 
See that the pullets have plenty of room; re- 
member they are no longer little chicks and cannot 
The General get along on the same amount of room 
Care of now that they could a few months 
Puallete ago. Good ventilation is imperative 
for sound constitutions. Damp or foul air, raw, 
rough winds, unpalatable food and filthy water, all 
tend to delay, interrupt and prevent egg produc- 
tion. Plenty of animal food, green food and exer- 
cise are essential to the best normal development. 
So far as feed is concerned, I strongly believe 
in letting the birds use their own judgment, letting 
them eat what they want, when they want, and the 
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