Show KEEP LITTLE ONES GROWING young chick chicks when allowed to range are too often neglected and become stunted iny N E CHAPMAN JAX minnesota college Col of agriculture stoat most thick chicks are well fed and cared for while their mothers are confined in coops but when allowed to range regular feeding Is too often neglected and ae ar a result growth Is retarded and they become what Is termed stunted it appears from statistics fu rn d by produce dealers that but oven even per taint of spring chicks marketed weigh four pounds december I 1 uy by thia this time all the spring stock of the general purpose breeds like the rocks Wyan dottee teB and reds should average at least elx six pounds live weight plymouth rocks have been made to weigh seven pounds dressed at thanksgiving time by judicious feeding for growth and development while OB on range when the chicks are weaned at elx six or eight weeks and are on range their grain ration with grit and char coal may be supplied in hoppers fhe hoppers should be so placed or so constructed that the old fowls will not rob the chicks or drive them away A small inclosure made of lath a and n d kf i 41 1 A prize winner covered with wire will admit the chicks and keep others from frightening or molesting the chicks while eating coops of ample space should be furnished well ventilated but secure from tho the depredation of night prowlers the coops utensils and surroundings should be kept bously clein and sanitary and the dock flock kept free aco of vermin cracked corn ia h one of the best grain feeds for growing poultry when new corn begins to harden whether fluett eft eel or nerd corn it may be whittled or saiyed from the cob for tho the eager chick chicks on range they will secure buga worms and grasshoppers pera and anti pick up tip grit and bone making material when they have hale reached fiill height all those intended for market should be put in fattening crates and fed ground feed and ekin milk for three weeks an aldrage a of two pounds per head bead may tany be added to the weight of fowls old nid and oung by this ineth od at itt a cost of about five cents a pound round DY nil fill means keep tep tho the chicks growing and fatten them before putting them on the mitat valuable fertilizer poultry manure la is a valuable fertilizer it properly handled mor watt telle tells how bow it ie Is done at the pennsylvania state college lie saye says it la in collected on dropping boards chich alch are sprinkled with rock phosphate phoe phate gathered fluently and placed in barrels after the barrels aro arc full they are covered alth rock phosphate which practically berils the barrels so far tar as the of ammonia lb con berned the manura baa has been used on various vegetables vegetable a and produced the very beet beat results ita its value la to ce es pec lally noticeable where applied for early cabbage fenc fence ane garden fence aba tbd garden if it chicken chickens are allowed 0 to o vin an fn at an old hen end and a brood of chickens can do more damage la in a few minutes than can be rectified all eummer summer poultry raising and gardening go well together but the poultry crould bo be kept on the out side ld of the garden pigeon eggs gg pigeon eggs hatch batch on the eighteenth day after incubation A f lucilb Lb r asi GRIT BOX IN CHICKEN HOUSE saved to poultry much T tram r me loe can be raier raiser by using device shown in the illustration if it atti iu want ant to feed our chickens i like this to hang bang box I 1 grit make a grit trouble in the chicken house and the write george W dark clark will be over i of noble in the farmers mall idall and i breeze the sides 1 are mad madu of 7 S 8 inch boards 20 inches long ong on the 1 back side and 17 incao on front aide side 2 inches vide ide at the bottom where the aide olde 5 mee the trough troug h and 44 inches wide id ca Q the top front of hopper 2 Is inch thick 12 inches wide nide and 17 inches long the back 3 Is 1 the 3 0 4 grit box for chicken house same as the front except that it Is a 24 I 1 inches n ches long ind extends aboe the hopper with t two 0 ai inch holes so it can be hung up on the wall all the cover 4 Is 6 inches wide and 1 12 inches long hinged to the back with ith a small hinge in the middle A trough 5 12 inches long 6 inches vide wide and 2 inches deep P attached tt ached to the bottom of hopper lea leabes es a I 1 inch pace space below tho the front board for the grit to feed through PARTITION IN CHICKEN COOP found especially convenient in fore ing fowl fowls toward door at eith er end cf c pen A good retaining InIng pen from which to sell poultry may be lie had bad by building a coop of the der size and placing in it a sliding eliding partition for use I 1 in n forcing the 1013 covard the door at either end enabling a person to take out one at a time the sliding partition may be used for dividing the pen into two compartments by placing the partition in the center of the coop aye a writer in the popular mechanics the pole which runs from the center of the sliding partition llon through a hole at P av sliding partition one end of the for the partition back and forth may be used also ie is a roost when it Is desired to leave th fowl in thi tho ren ten for beveral das for fattening Pur purposes 9 feed the chick chicks the best feed tor for chicka chicks Is a variety v of ground grains consisting of corn wheat kaehr corn millet and oats feeds of there beve and stint good mixture are pur at less 1033 cost than lie it il mixture can bo be prepared tired b the individual also give them charcoal al and fine gr grit I 1 t N never e v er fee any wet feed feeds icv YNO a rl s C r what are you tir ice mite mites or poultry 1 look to the comfort of our stock it if you want ant good result results its it a more profitable to feed than it Is to feed vermin poultry kaffl corn core 1 is considered a sti stimulate mulat ing grain by the pigeon brt breeder leders vornica is a appod stimulant and appetizer if it fed lo 10 mod moderate p doses preparations are fre frequent quent in fit yards that haat hav no obade th chece ese hot days ducklings vall induce feather pulling well grown very often will begin laying bt ht five months age 0 t get let ready for the fall shown and harp a IN few ribbons don t miss 1 the th opportunity but do it BOW low 11 generally begin when 11 molting beeks old an and 4 iron continue u nue for about elz six eert eekt it Is in 1 not I advisable to to allow ling bathing bucl water before the breath er cir I 1 s win and |