Show KEEP YOUNG CHICKS GROWING BY USING FEEDING SCHEDULE GIVING BEST GAINS t waif at man X V V A ak agn starting at the bottom to learn the chicken dusin h prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture Acri culture ui every very poultry raiser wants hla his chicks to grow fast whether lie plans to got get them on fin an early market or to develop profitable inders early hatching Is one of the first steps lu in this direction but the next which is of equal importance ti 19 proper feeding undoubtedly chickens will grow faster when fed five times alinn when fed only three times dally say poultry specialists of the united states department part parti ment nent of oc agriculture but it should be 10 borne in ill mind that more inore harm can bo be lone done to lo the young chicks ly by over feeding chah by under feeding young chic chickens keng should botch not more than barely enough to satisfy their appe tiles tind ond to koop keep them thein exercising except nt at the ali evening or dinst ineal when they should ile bo given till all they core 6 to nt at greater licater care must be exercised not t to overfeed over feed young chickens that are confined than those have free r range a ago as log leg weakness Is likely to re ault chicks first meals inexperienced poultry raisers fire are tempted to feed chicks immediately lifter after they tire oro lint hatched ched but this should not be lone done no bcd feed should hould be given give before the ho chicks are sir or for ty eight hours old during the first week reed ced them state stale bread pinhead on oatmeal rolled oats hird eggs or johnny johnnycake cilke crumbly but not sloppy mashes made by mixing with milk are considered valuable during the second week add cracked wheat finely cracked corn and hulled onta wito to the chicks ration tl 1 k anre ten days old a good growing mash composed of two parts by weight of bran two parts one port part cornmeal one part low grade wheat flour or red dog and ten per cent beef scrap may inay be placed in a hopper and left before thern them till all the time the mash may bo be fed either cither wet or dry t L if wet ivet tinly only enough moisture mols turo either cither milk orr or should bo be added to make the feed crumbly if this moisture Is not used a hopper containing bran should ho be accessible to tho the chickens at all times after affer the chickens are arc two months nad lil they may bo be fed four times dall dally Y good res alts when they are three months old three feedings a lay day tire are enough hoppers for feeding chicks As soon as the chickens will cat tho the whole wheat cracked corn and other bruins usually in about eight weeks tho the small sized ellick chick feet feed I 1 can b bo eliminated in addition to the above feeds sour milk skim milk or buttermilk will hasten the chickens growth growing ch chickens lekens kept on it good range may li laybe bo given nil MI their teed feed in a hopper mixing two parts by weight of cracked corn with one part of wheat or parts of cracked corn wheat an and oats in one hopper and the dry mash for chickens in nn another other the beef scrap may bo be left out of the try dry mash rind and fed in a separate upper so that the chickens can eat cat 11 it II of this feed they desire if tile tho beet beef scrap Is to be fed separately it I 1 Is 9 advisable to wait until the chicks are arc ten lays days old although some poul trumen put tho the beef scrap before tho the young chickens at the start without bad results chickens confined to small yards should always be sup supplied with green feed such ns as lettuce sprouted teI oats alfalfa oe or clover but the best place to anise chickens successfully la is on oil ri 11 good range where no extra green feed la Is required where the chickeno chicken are kept in small bare yards fine char chara coal grit and oyster r shell diell should be kept before them all of the time and crocked cracked or ground bone may be fed the bone Is not necessary for chickens that have a good range |