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out of doors as quickly as possible, and to get 
green feed. 
A very serious cause of death among young 
chickens is from disease. White diarrhoea is 
probably one of the most common of these 
diseases, and unfortunately, one of the most 
fatal. If the droppings are of a white, watery 
nature, with an offensive odor, you may well 
believe that this disease is present, and the 
thing to do is to get the birds thus affected 
out of the way at once, and disinfect with some 
good disinfectant. However, if the precautions 
are taken that are set ’forth in this booklet, no 
danger of this dreaded disease can be antici¬ 
pated 
Now that we have got the chicks along 
through the brooding period, let us next con¬ 
sider just how we shall raise these chicks to 
maturity, so as to get them ready to lay eggs, 
or to make a good meat carcass. 
CHAPTER VI. 
REARING CHICKS TO MATURITY. 
One of the chief things to remember in rais¬ 
ing young chicks to maturity is that we must 
keep them growing at all times. A check in 
