ARTIFICIAL 



arovind the country, the most of it is powdered into dust. We 

 believe the most economical way to feed it is to buy the char- 

 coal'and prepare it at home. 



THREE CENTS FEEDS a CHICK BEYOND THE DANGER POINT 



Some chick feeds are composed very largely of shrunken 

 grains of wheat, and small weed seeds that are blown out from 

 grain at the large elevators. Such feeds are of far less value 

 than a feed that is composed entirely of sound, selected grains 

 broken to the proper size, and blown free from dust, so that 

 practically the whole bag can be fed without loss. Ordinarily 

 such a feed can be bought at retail for about $2.50 per hundred 

 weight, and it is the best and most economical feed that can 

 be used. There are a number of such foods on the market 



BROODING 



RAISING BROODER CHICKS 



VALUABLE HINTS ABOUT CARING FOR 

 CHICKS ENTRUSTED TO THE BROODERS 



MRS. W. B. CHANDLER 



I HAVE been peculiarly fortunate in raising brooder chicks, 

 and though I do not claim to be "all-wise" on the subject, 

 perhaps if I tell how I manage them it may help some less 

 fortunate one to see wherein she fails. .. ] 



A lady said to me the other day, "Oh, you always succeed 

 with everything." That was not true, and I knew it, but I 

 said nothing and let it pass. But one thing I do know, and that 



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and if you exercise a little care in buying, you will be able 

 to find one that will answer all requirements, and will solve 

 the feeding problem for you, as far as the young chicks 

 are concerned. One hundred pounds of such feed wiU carry 

 75 or 100 chickens pretty well past the danger point, so that 

 the expense of feeding a chick until it is well started is only 

 about three cents. 



In feeding chick feed to chickens that are running with 

 hens carry a pail of com and throw out a small handful to 

 the hen. It is just as good^ for her as the more expen- 

 sive chick feed. 



Do not neglect to provide green food and some form 

 of animal food, if your range does not supply them in suffi- 

 cient quantities. If you are able to solve the other problems 

 as well as the feed, your chickens will be present or accounted 

 for when the fall round up comes. 



is that I never give up to one failure. I try again and again 

 until I force at least a partial success from my efforts. All of 

 which means if your chickens die off the first time you try to 

 raise them in a brooder, try it again, and do things differently, 

 thinking over each step and searching out the cause of your 

 failure. 



The day the chicks are due to hatch I light the lamp in the 

 brooder so that it may be thoroughly warmed. Previous to this, 

 however, I have carpeted the whole brooder with burlap tack- 

 ing it in the comers and a few places at the sides, so it will stay 

 in place. Over this is strewn a good covering of oats chaff 

 (gathered at threshing time) in which aU their feed is scattered. 

 I use a commercial chick feed and the wee Biddies have to scratch 

 for it in the chaff. The first week this chaff need be changed 

 but once or twice, and a thorough brushing with a whisk broom 

 cleans it quickly and perfectly. As the chickens grow older. 



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