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Show The Late Chicks. Somo of tho best fowls on tho farm aro from tho lato broods. Wo havo seen broods como out as Into as September Sep-tember nnd glvo birds thnt becamo (ft" very vnluablo ns Inyors. September chicks of tho Plymouth Hock breed havo begun to lay In February. Tho early broods nro cnslly handled, but thero nro somo things In favor of tho lato chicks. Ono of theso things Is y tho lack of Insect pests, which scorn to bo most vigorous nnd nggresslvo In tho spring. Tho lato chicks should bo woll fed If thoy uro to bo gotten ready for tho coming winter. A mixed rntlon, with plenty of ground bono nnd meat should bo given from tho tlmo tho chicks nro largo enough to eat. TIiIb will glvo n rapidity of growth that will astonish tho person that tries It for tho first time. |