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might procure a good brooder, or, if you thought it 

 better to go to no further expense, this first spring, you 

 could raise them in cracker boxes or fireless brooders. 

 That means that you will keep them in the dwelling at 



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night, if you begin early in the season ; but, you can 

 put them out in a sheltered place whenever it is sunny. 

 It won't do to let the wind blow on them much, but 

 they would rather be warmed by the sun, when it shines 

 out warmly, than by any indoor heat that could be 

 furnished. 



Will you get fifty to start with ? Or twenty-five at 

 first, and perhaps fifty more three weeks later.' There 

 is a great advantage in buying chicks in this way, just 

 the number you can handle comfortably, and just when 

 you want them. All in a bunch are of the same age 

 and have an equal show, as far as it can be given them. 

 There will be none older and much stronger to crowd 

 and trample the young ones, as is almost sure to be the 

 case if the chicks come along eight or ten at a time, and 

 are bunched in one flock after a few weeks. If you 

 want to try two or more lots the first year, don't make 

 the mistake of letting them run together. This is about 



