SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
little chicks and succeeds very well with- 
out it, and why can not we do so. It 
must be remembered that Nature has in- 
sects to start her baby chicks on, and that 
buttermilk is a good substitute for insects. 
If we can supply the insects, then we will 
not need the buttermilk. But as we can 
not, as a rule, supply the insects in sufii- 
cient quantities, then we must find a sub- 
stitute, and that substitute must not be 
too expensive lest our profits vanish. 
Since buttermilk is a good substitute, 
and cheap, I don’t think we can do better 
than to use a good per cent. of it in the 
chicks’ rations. Clabbermilk is almost as 
good as buttermilk, if used before the 
whey begins to separate from the curd. 
Sweet skim-milk is also good, but butter- 
milk is the best of the three, and, where 
available, should constitute a part of the 
first ration of the baby chicks. As a rule, 
it would be best to let the sweet skim-milk 
clabber before feeding it to the chicks. 
Their first solid food may be rolled 
oats or hard-boiled eggs, well-crushed 
shell, and all mixed with five times their 
bulk of bread crumbs, or both. The infer- 
tile eggs that have been tested out of the 
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