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their growth will retard their growth severely, 
and this must be avoided by the one that wants 
his chicks to get into winter laying condition 
before the cold weather comes. We will now 
consider a few important factors that are neces¬ 
sary to bring our chicks along to rapid growth. 
Of course, where free, unrestricted range is 
possible, the 'chicks will progress faster than 
when cooped up in a small yard. If no free 
range is possible, it will be found advantageous 
to at least let the chicks run about the yard of 
the lot. In this manner, they can pick up con¬ 
siderable food in the shape of worms, insects, 
etc., that will furnish valuable growing food for 
them. Let me repeat again the necessity of 
having milk in some form as a constituent of 
the chicks’ food. Any food that comes from an 
animal, whether it be milk or a part of the 
animal itself, is highly essential to the growth 
of the chick. Such foods contain an element 
known as vitamines, which scientists have re¬ 
cently discovered contribute greatly to the 
growth and upkeep of a growing animal. Vita- 
mines are also found to some extent in green 
feeds, such as carrots, cabbages, mangoes, etc. 
Even well cured alfalfa hay contains this im- 
