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feed, and water, but are ready for business as soon as they 

 can see. 



They can also be made perfectly safe from rats, cats, or 

 other vermin, and they need not be let outside at all, if prop- 

 erly fed, until they are four or five weeks old. 



Green stuff must be provided for the chicks regularly. A 

 little chopped cabbage, some lettuce, weeds, lawn clippings, 

 sprouted oats, etc., will provide this satisfactorily. 



Keep the chicks growing, and feed them beef scraps or cut 

 bone, after they are three or four days old. 



If you have a garden, you will provide exercise, food, and 

 excitement for the chicks, and great amusement for yourself, 

 if you dig up a few worms occasionally and let the chicks have 

 them. If you have an enclosed yard, as suggested, around the 

 hover, you will have a regular circus and race track exhibition, 

 both inside and outside the fence. 



What Breed? 



One of the first puzzles a novice in poultry keeping will 

 face, will be what breed to choose for his particular purpose. 



If the production of table poultry is the object, the choice 

 will likely fall on the heavy Asiatic fowls, or a compromise 

 of the middle weight breeds. If the object is a combination 

 of eggs and table poultry the choice will likely be one of the 

 middle weight breeds. If the primary object is the production 

 of eggs in large numbers, the Mediterranean classes will fur- 

 nish opportunities for choice. 



The fancy of the poultryman will often decide what breed 

 to choose— he may have a leaning to some particular breed. 



Whatever breed is chosen, as much depends on the man- 

 agement of the flock as on the breed. A good poultryman will 

 succeed with comparatively poor stock, while a poor poultry- 

 man will fail with the best stock obtainable. 



There are several reasons why only thoroughbreds of some 

 variety should be kept ; and also why only one variety should 

 be kept on the plant — in other words "one farm one breed." 

 The owner will take much pride in having uniform flocks. 

 This pride will affect his success in various ways. There is 

 no pleasure in showing one's flocks to friends, neighbors or 

 visitors if they are a lot of scrubs or mongrels. When a breed 



