I30 THE CORNING EGG FARM BOOK 



again a small quantity is placed at the top. No more 

 feeding is done until four o'clock when five handfuls 

 of Corning Chick Food are again thrown into the 

 litter. 



For the first two or three nights, or more if nec- 

 essary, the chicks are quietly driven up to the hover, 

 and the inclined plane pulled up after them, it being 

 let down the first thing in the morning. 



Fresh water is supplied in the drinking cups each 

 day, morning, noon, and night, and, with the night 

 filling, a brush on the plan of those made for the 

 cleansing of milk bottles, is used to give the cups a 

 proper cleaning. 



On the back of the record cards, hung behind each 

 hover, the mortality is kept. 



The hovers are raised every morning to learn the 

 exact condition of the entire brood after the night. 



Green Food Third Day 



On the third day green food is added to the ration, 

 in the form of the tops of Sprouted Oats. Never 

 feed the rooty mass to the youngsters for it is almost 

 sure to upset them. The smallest chick has no diffi- 

 culty breaking up and getting away with Oat Sprouts 

 from one and a half to two inches long, and there is 

 nothing they like so well. 



Animal Food Tenth Day 



The regular ration is continued with judgment, for 

 in feeding it is to be remembered that judgment must 



