SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
ble. After they are five weeks old the 
grains may be fed whole, all except corn, 
which should be cracked for them until 
they are nearly grown. 
Should it be found necessary to change 
from one food to another, the change 
should be made very gradually. At first 
a little of the new food should take the 
place of a little of the old; the new should 
be gradually increased as the old is grad- 
ually decreased, until the new food has 
wholly taken the place of the old. Remem- 
ber that proper feeding is the right road 
to success with little chickens; all sorts 
of food in large quantities will not do; if 
everything else is as it should be, and 
their food is not given them in proper 
variety and proper quantity and in a 
clean way, they will surely die in great 
numbers. I lay great stress on the food 
question, because without proper food in 
proper quantities young chickens can not 
be raised successfully. 
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