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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1909 



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Feeding the Growing Chicks 



THE first feed I give is common white bread 

 (whole wheat bread would be as good, 

 possibly better) moistened with sweet milk so as 

 to be softened, but not pasty. Less meat is needed 

 when milk is fed regularly. 



As the chicks grow I give at least one feed a 

 day consisting of a mixture of bread soaked in 

 milk, ground oats (with the hulls sifted out) and 

 corn meal, with a little bran or middlings to make 

 it crumbly. The milk must be sweet, or else at 

 the thick stage, but I use nothing but sweet milk 

 for small chicks, unless it is scalded and made 

 into curds, when it is excellent for both hens and 

 chicks. The greatest care must be taken to have 

 all the feed for the young chicks sweet; under no 

 circumstances should anything mouldy, musty or 

 sour be given them. 



For the other feeds, some of the best of the 

 prepared chick feeds now sold by all poultry-supply 

 houses are excellent. Do not buy cheap ones — 

 they are worth little and are often positively harm- 

 ful — but those made by reputable firms are of 

 good materials and give the variety needed in the 

 right proportions. 



If the chicks are confined, green stuff must be 

 supplied in the form of chopped cabbage, lettuce, 

 or similar vegetables. This must be fed daily. 

 Fine grit is also necessary. A dish of bran and 

 charcoal is helpful, placed so that the chicks can 

 help themselves at will. Pinhead oatmeal, oat 

 flakes, etc., are good for variety. 



Later on, cracked corn and wheat are good. 

 Beef scrap can be fed with success after ten days, 

 unless the chick feed contains meat in some form. 

 Pure clean water is a necessity. 



New Jersey. F. H. Valentine. 



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Planting a Peach Orchard in 

 Spring 



WHEN a peach tree is lifted from the nursery 

 row, the tap root is cut back to at least five 

 inches and left with a smooth surface. All small 

 and fibrous roots are left, and the trees are shipped 

 in this way to prevent the large roots from being 

 brushed or split off. The branch roots are cut 

 back until they are one inch in length, and nothing 

 but healthy roots are left. The top is cut back 

 fourteen or eighteen inches, according to the size 

 of the tree. 



Trees so pruned and planted on ordinarily good 

 land and properly fertilized will put out a thick 

 mass of fibrous shoots more quickly than would a 



