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March chicks are carried in the brooder houses beyond 

 the 6 to 8 weeks' stage the house is cleaned every ten 

 days and is sprayed once a month. 



Training the Fcimily Cat 



It is an easy matter to train a cat to leave the chicks 

 alone if the matter is gone about properly. If there are 

 young cats on the place when chicks come in they are 

 taken to the brooder house, in among the chicks, are 

 given the "smell" of a chick along with a reasonable 

 cuffing. This is repeated several times and thereafter 

 they usually give the brooder houses a wide berth. If 

 they are found nosing around the brooder house after- 

 ward we make a point of having a pail of water handy 

 and if the cat can be given one good drenching the les- 

 son is learned. Should a cat be caught in the house or 

 yard with a chick we drench it in a barrel; if the chick 

 is dead we force it into its mouth for the drenching and 

 then hang it around the cat's neck for a time. 



Old cats are harder to train but with patience it can 

 be done. We have a mother cat on the place now who 

 has been found time and again watching a gopher hole 

 in a brooder yard with chicks all around her; and we 

 have watched her take her kittens to the brooder yard 

 fence, evidently to show them the chicks, and when they 

 showed interest she would cuff them just as we did her. 

 The farm is a sort of repository for stray cats. 



Buying Partly Developed Chicks 



At times an opportunity presents itself to purchase 

 partly grown chicks. If your brooding has not been sue- 



