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end of each. When the wire is unrolled the hooks are 

 fastened as they are passed. The ventilation will have to 

 be increased ; this is done by increasing the openings in 

 both inlet and outlet shafts. The chicks are likely now 

 to be settling nearer the wire, but this is of no conse- 

 quence. 



If the litter is beginning to look bare in spots, add an- 

 other inch or two. 



The water pots are now set on little platforms. These 

 are made of half inch pieces about one foot square nailed 

 to blocks three inches high. They are set close together, 

 about five feet from the stove, half on each side of it; 

 at the noon filling they are set further back. The water 

 is no longer tempered from this time on unless freezing 

 weather prevails. The pots, platforms and all, are set 

 back still farther when the wire is put up at night and 

 when the wire is in place one or two pots are set inside 

 of it, close to the. stove, for the benefit of any chaps that 

 may have overlooked their bed time drink. When the 

 last inspection is made at night all of the pots are returned 

 to their place inside the wire. This gives them water 

 early in the morning, tempered, and at breakfast time 

 they will be found busily scratching. 



Twelfth to Twentieth Days 



On the 12th day more straw is added to the fitter, ii 

 baled straw is available save out several chunks of it. 

 Use these to bank up the corners, stuffing loose straw 

 behind them to avoid a nice crawling-in place in which 

 you would most likely find several hundred stacked up 

 and smothered. 



