Show SPRING CHICKENS how to produce tile llant jonm in mal th good old vy ill alio middle states it is a goodplan good plan for the housewife to set every lieu lien thit that shows 1 desire to sit after the first of march and continuo continue to I 1 lo do so BO until sho has provided a liberal supply of chicks chicka for fai annily raily we besides all allowing 0 I 1 ving herself the privilege of selecting a 1 number of handsome pullets to take tho tha place of superannuated old liens in tho fall by adopting this plan sho she will lave have most of tier her chicks colito oil off in april and may the most suitable time for them and ami tho work of taking care of thern them will be soon done dou und over with if she keepe heedt one of the three most popular general purpose breeds plymouth rocks wyan dottes or the young cockerels cocker els of tho the early hatch will be largo large enough to begin ining therm then for the alio table by the first of june while the pullets should begin to liy lay in ili the fall or if they contain a strain of Leg leghorn lioni dining duding midsummer evcic poultry keeper knows that tho the eailler lio lie can get liia his pullets to maturo and begin II 11 laying ong the greater profit will there be in his work in fact inlew ono one does docs gets tho the pu pullets I 1 lets to laying well by september I 1 do not see how low it is possible to it 11 year I 1 lound engagement fur for eggs for after the boulting moul ting season in adult liens hem lay very lew few eggs anil and often none nt it all tor for several taking these facts into consideration all keepers of fowls whether on a large or bucall scale will see at once the advantage of feeding young chicks liberally front from the start keep keel them growing in straight raight ht along with no stopping long MOW enough it to get sick A healthy robust c hick chick will throw off a disease which a feeble half starved little ono one will succumb cull to without 11 struggle keep good wholesome rich food within reach of them until two weeks old then feed thrice daily until six weeks of age after a liberal nl meal cal morning and night is sufficient compelling them to go off between whites whiles and forage scarcely any two people believe in feeding fowls alike but tho the following esthe ia tho most successful method I 1 have tried for the first two weeks give stale bread one halt half each of flour bread and cornmeal e egg bread preferred soften this alda in hot sweet milk and season with bits of meat chopped fino fine or dripping adding a flavoring of red pepper in cool or rainy Iv weather ieather for the next nest four weeks prepare half their daily ration au ai at ehst aft st while tho the other halt half may consist of whole sound wheat and cracked corn boiled till soft after this it ill better that one half their food shall consist of small dry grain and tho remainder berof of either or both kinds of alio soft cooked foods remember to give all their food rather stiff aud and let none remain to sour or ferment some feed dry grain after two weeks or indeed earlier than that but there is is always danger that a greedy little C chick tick may cat moro than lie can call manage manc a e and then it will vill swell in his hid crop and kill him balding alding the grain over LUG night lit is to eident a prevention keep some sort of grit near tile tho coop always powdered cg eggshells egg shells will do for the little ons ones supply green teen food until they are old enough to gather it for themselves ard it if possible give sweet milk once a lay day in coul cool weather and twice in ili warm v arin allowing it to remain only loll 1011 long enough for them to drink as much liquid is unwholesome for very young chicks parasites aro are tho the most troublesome of till the little chicks foes and anal so insidious on are ara they in their approach that eliat wo ivo ut bo be very verv to circumvent them is the best precaution and when first putting out a i brood dust the lieu hen aud and chicks with insect powder if this cannot bo be had rub their thi thighs lis breast and head with a bit of lar lard d anointing 0 the chicks in the samo same way when wheat ono one or two weeks old ohl is also advised and if i tiny bit of lard be applied and the work bo be done at evening in clear mild weather there is no dan ger no matter how loudly the chicks and their mother protest keep them in ill their coops out of the ratio tho the dew find and the cold dump weather for fron from whatever call causes gapes accrue wo we enow that it seldom eldom troubles chicks tl that mt are kept dry warm and comfortable to insure this I 1 tind find it best to place the coops of my lay eat ally ly chicks under i long shed which ia open on oil one side hide to admit tho sunshine feie hei e their feeding I 1 coops are al alo alio o placed to bo ili in bad weather the little fellows tire content coliten with si at nico dry run and their mother clucking in the coop near by callin calling them in now wall and then to nestle for wari warmth among tier her soft feathers such a shed as this mine is 8 by 10 16 feet with an avci hanging root roof and earthen floor may lie bo built at very little expense unit and after the season reason for young 0 clucks chicks is 0 over ver it forms an excellent dusting place and resting place too for tho lest I 1 of tho the flock II 11 U C dudley in american cultivator |