S2 CHICKS 



we have our system started on the right, broad gauge 

 road. 



But they will take on the pinched appearance at short no- 

 tice if the proper feed conditions are not forthcoming, 

 and right here is where multitudes "fall down." They 

 start the chick along in nice shape and after the first in- 

 terest wanes, or other work presses, the chickens are fed 

 when they think of it, with whatever comes handy, and 

 then they wonder why their pullets do not lay as early as 

 their neighbor's across the street and that the cockerels 

 are lean, lank, thin fellows when they should be fat and 

 bringing good prices. Again they have let an "opportunity " 

 ^lip past them. 



' The pullets from our "hit or miss" feeder, after being 

 placed in winter quarters and liberally fed, will start laying 

 in time, but they must get a comfortable layer of fat over 

 them before they join the ranks of producers. This wastes 

 valuable time and when eggs are high it seems to take long- 

 er. If the same feed had been added, to the growing 

 ration they would have come to laying from one to two months 

 earlier, and, in the case of the cockerels, have gone to mar- 

 ket at least six weeks sooner and at much better prices. 

 Look which way we may, we can find no excuse for scanty 

 feeding unless you wish to work off some sour, musty stuff 

 on your birds and by keeping them half starved get them to 

 eat it and exist (we cannot say "thrive") in a half-hearted 

 way. 



Hopper Feeding for Results. 



The point to be decided is how we shall feed to get the 

 results we are seeking. We certainly cannot mash-feed 

 young chicks liberally without trouble of a serious nature 

 right away, and if we find it best to dry-feed these babies, 

 why not the three weeks' old fellows that are building their 

 frames for the land of plenty that their early training haS' 

 taught them to expect? Here is where the golden mo- 

 ments are slipping by; we must not let them want at this 

 crucial point and how can we be sure that they are not 

 in want unless we keep a full supply of wholesome food 

 in a palatable form within reach at all times? Fifty cliicks 



