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the chicks will crawl under it and bunch up between it 

 and the netting- and many of them will squeeze through 

 the wire. The ring should rest on the flooring, the straw 

 being banked against it. 



Tar paper is cut into strips 2x3 feet, about 8 being 

 used for 1500 chicks. These strips are put down inside 

 the circle. A light scattering of chick grit is thrown over 

 them, likewise a light scattering of hulled oats, cracked 

 wheat and fine cracked corn (equal parts by weight). 

 About an hour before the chicks are due the little cup and 

 saucer chick fountains are filled with water from which 

 the chill has been taken. AVe use one fountain to 100 

 chicks. These are scattered promiscuously inside the 

 circle, some of them very close to the stove, others on 

 the tar paper. Tilt the "cup" slightly for an instant so 

 the water will come up to the very edge of the "saucer." 



Then we are ready for the little newcomers. 



And if you purpose following our plan in caring for 

 chicks, take this much advice : Work all night if you 

 have to ; but have that brooder house absolutely ready 

 for your chicks at least 24 hours before they are due 

 to arrive. We have heard of cases where the delivery- 

 man from the hatchery had to assist in putting up the 

 brooder stove intended to warm the chicks he brought 

 in the month of January. From the writer's point of 

 view this is little short of criminal ; true enough, he 

 views it from a prejudiced standpoint, the standpoint 

 of one who really loves the birds and especially bab) 

 chicks. But almost any human being wortUy the name 

 would resent the idea of chucking a lot ot helpless tiutt 

 balls, just out of a temperature of at least 103 into a damp, 



