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Fresh Water. — Needless to say, the fountains must be kept 

 full of pure, clean water at all times. If they are permitted to 

 go dry, though only for a short time, the chicks soon become 

 famished for a drink, whereupon they fight for room around the 

 refilled fountains and in so doing seriously wet themselves. 



As soon as the flock can be weaned from artificial heat or from 

 the care of the brooder, the chicks are old enough to be given a 

 scratch-grain ration of whole wheat, cracked corn and other small 



{Courtesy Purdue Experiment Statiou) 



Fig. 212. — The hen and her brood must be given privacy for the first couple of 



weeks. 



grains, such as milo maize, kafir corn and barley. The corn meal 

 in the mash can be increased somewhat and other meals added, 

 such as ground oats and wheat middlings. 



Essentials to Health. — If called upon to suggest the proper 

 care of baby chicks, and my expression were limited to ten words, 

 it would be something in this fashion: Keep them warm, dry, 

 exercised, aired, watered, and somewhat hungry. The question 

 might then ;irise, how can one feed liberally and yet keep the 

 chicks somewhat hungry? An answer is difficult without ap- 



