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Show ROOSTS FOR LITTLE CHIcB Difficult to Keep Younasters CleaMp They Aro Permitted to "?! main on Floor. M" It Is often ndvlsnblo to IcacbfB? chicks to roost when eight to HB weeks r,f age. When they nre 11'B? to remain on tho floor It Is dlfflctfijKj keep them clean and to keep Hfl from crowding. If wide ronsts-UM to four Inches nre used there UCKj little, If nny, moro danger of cmc breasts than If tho chicks nre allows to remain on the floor. !JH Tho chicks can generally be tw to roost by putting the pcrche w j tho floor nnd placing with th?m'ffl or two old hens or older chlcVi ftjK aro In tho habit of roosting. "Mlf plnn Is Inconvenient or docs not P"mI effective, tho cblckB may bo ploWi tho perches nftcr dnrk for a W nights, until they hnvo learned Ulgj there of their own accord, say pwgjfl specialists of tho United States tlJg. ment of agriculture, fg |