Birds Chickens 
swallowing; but the givicleert swallows ite cael hole: 
and after it is softened by juices from the stom- 
ach, it passes into a little mill called the gizzard, in 
which the gravel or grit helps in grinding the food 
fine. Small, finely broken eggshells may be used 
instead of grit at first. The chickens must also have 
fresh green food. If they are where they can get fresh 
grass this will suffice, otherwise they should have 
lettuce, or other vegetable tops cut rather fine. Pro- 
fessor James E. Rice gives small chickens chopped 
onions for green food with the best of results. They 
should be fed from five to seven times per day for 
the first week; after this it will not be necessary to 
feed more than three times a day, if they have con- 
stant access to some dry food. The following are 
rations recommended for young chickens by the 
Cornell University Poultry Department: 
Mixture No. 1 Lbs. 
Rolled: Oats? is dinsow ote a keke Rae wie es 8 
Bread-crumbs or cracker waste.............. 8 
Sifted beef scrap (best grade)............. Sas 
Bore meal. ogc asnysetoiae kare mainder Ble Ras I 
Mixture No. 2 
Wheat (cracked) acaccsoxd Hue sees Sa eee ee 3 
Cracked corn (fine)......0 22.0... c eee eee 2 
Pinhead meal... ......... 2.00.2 e eee eee eee I 
Mixture No. 3 
Wheat Dratiscc25.4 ose cde obey Sateen hate 3 
Cort meal jiu jek Kes ie eed EAL RARE oan 8 3 
Wheat middlings............... 0.0 eee cues 3 
Beef scrap (best grade)...............00005. 3 
Bone Mealy casein eciee eyes ea eee es I 
Mixture No. 1 should be moistened with sour 
skimmed milk and will prove a most satisfactory 
food for the first five or six days. Mixture No. 3 
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