ON A TOWN LOT 33 



wet mashes — but it certainly takes more care and to my way of thinking 

 is not Nature's plan. Don't pamper and overly milk feed young chicks. 

 Prepared foods containing powdered buttermilk are very beneficial. 



How Often to Feed 



For the first day or two, chicks should be fed every two or three 

 hours. For the next week, four times daily is sufficient and then three 

 times daily. Be very careful about not overfeeding. One of ray greatest 

 difficulties when I found it necessary to be absent on the road, was to 

 find any one to feed the chicks without overfeeding. As I stated before, 

 it is better to underfeed them than to overfeed, but there is not much 

 danger of overfeeding when chick feed is mixed in the sand where they 

 have to scratch and work for it. Watch and see that they have what 

 they can eat up clean — and no more. 



Cut of brooder made from a piano box. 



After they are a week old a hopper should be placed before them 

 containing beef scrap, bran, fine charcoal and grit, a hopper for each. 

 After the chick is two or three months old, a few handfuls of wheat 

 can be added to the chick feed, and the wheat can be increased by adding 



