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is that the bowels will regulate themselves unless the chicks have 

 been severely chilled." 



Emory E. Banks, Crittenden, N. J. : "My remedy for diarrhoea 

 in brooder chicks is to feed more hard boiled eggs, scalded milk, 

 wheat, germ, etc., dropping animal meal and feeding less or no corn- 

 meal, green food, etc., as the case may be. When costive I reverse 

 the order. I have had more trouble with the latter than the 

 former." 



A. De R. Meares, Hyattsville, Md. : "Bran before the little 

 chicks all the time." 



J. W. McCarty, Windsor, Vt. : "Boiled milk and more dried 

 food than generally fed." 



W. J. Gordon, Pickering, Ont.: "Proper lieat — not too hot nor 

 too cold. Put horse chestnuts in the drinking water, and see that 

 the water is kept cool and fresh. Feed dry rolled oats, dry bran, 

 hard boiled eggs and plenty of grit and green food. Have a big 

 run." 



H. S. Thompson, Stratford, Conn. : "Have plenty of heat for 

 the first week. Avoid crowding — and kill the cripples and weak- 

 lings that start the crowding. Tincture of asafoetida in the drink- 

 ing water is good." 



Matt. G. Robson, Port Leyden, N. Y. : "My wife gives the 

 chicks a little black pepper in milk, but one must be careful that 

 too much is not given, as it may. injure- the liver. Never had any 

 trouble that way, as I watch the chicks closely and change feed if 

 I notice anything wrong." 



Irving C. Hutchins, Rochester, N. Y. : "Have had but little 

 trouble with bowel difficulty in young brooder chicks. The best 

 preventative that I know of is to keep fresh water before them all 

 of the time, feed pin-head oat meal dry, furnish them with plenty of 

 grit and a fair amount of green stuff, as well as to give them a 

 chance to run." 



B. A. Stoker, Sebastopal, Calif. : "Change the food. Give bran, 

 coarse cornmeal. Watch very carefully the temperature of the 

 brooder and room. My first feed is rolled oats for several days." 



Harry C. Nunan, Cape Porpoise, Me.: "Boiled rice with me 

 has always given good results. Feed sparingly." 



William A. Penfield, Waterville, N. J. : "Keep dry and warm ; 

 feed dry food — Johnny cake, cracked wheat and corn, plenty of 

 charcoal, grit and pure water at all times. But let them get hungry 

 before feeding grains. This is also a preventative which is better 

 than the cure." 



In preparing broilers for market, great care must be taken in 

 the work. Properly dressed carcasses are attractive and find a ready 

 sale. A writer in Farm Journal says, in dressing, chicks will lose 

 about 12 per cent or about nine pounds to the hundred-weight. For 

 at least a week before slaughtering they should be fed on corn meal 

 and milk almost exclusively. Other food should be given as a 

 variety to keep up their appetite. Corn meal is the cheapest fat- 



