| Show KEEP LITTLE ONES GROWING young chicks when allowed to range are too often neglected and become stunted dy N E CHAPMAN roul tryman 4 w neota aota college collean ot at agriculture most lost chicks sire ore well led fed and cared for while their mothers are confined in coops but when rill allowed owed to regular feeding is 00 too oo olten often neg ceglecki lecki i ed and its as a result growth to Is retarded and they become what la Is termed stunted it appears from statistics furnished by produce dealers that but seven per cent of spring chicks mar feted weigh four pounds december 1 hy BY this time all the spring stock of the general purpose breeds bleeds like the rocks Wyand Wyandotte otteA fi and reds should average at least six pounds live vs weight eight plymouth rocks have been anade to weigh seven pounds dressed at thanksgiving time line by judicious feeding for growth arid and development while on range when the chicles chicks are weaned at ox elx or eight weeks arid and are on oil range lange their grain ration with grit und arid charcoal may be supplied lit in hoppers hop pera the hoppers should be so placed or so constructed that tho the old fowls fola will riot not rob lob tho the chicks or drive elbein away A small inclosure made of lath and covered with wire will admit the chicks and keep keel others from frightening or molesting the chicks while bating coops or of ample space should be furnished well ventilated but c from the depredation depreciation of ill night prowlers prow leis the coops utensils arid A prize winner surroundings should bo kept kepi bously clean and sanitary and the nock flock kept free of vermin cracked corn coin Is one ot of the best gr grain in feeds for growing poultry when new corn begins to harden whether sect or held field corn it may be whittled or shaved from the cob for the eager chicks on range they will secure bugs worms arid and 9 grasshoppers ras shoppers and pick up grit arid and wile bone malting making material who when n they have reached full height all those intended for market should bo be put in fattening crates and fed ground feed and skim milk for three weeks an average of two pounds per head may bearded lie be added to the weight ot of fowls old and young by this metha od oa at a cost of about five cents a pound dy all means keep the chicks growing arid and fatten them before putting them thein on the market PARTITION IN CHICKEN COOP found especially convenient in forcing fowls toward door at either end of pen A good retaining pen from which to sell bell poultry may be had bad by building a coop or of the desired size elzo and placing la in it a sliding partition for use in forcing the fowls toward the door at either end enabling a person to take out one at a time the sliding partition way may be usco abed tor for dividing the pen lien into tw two 0 c compartments am part by placing the lo 10 n in the ON sliding partition i i of the coop says a writer terIn in che popular nice tha polo which runs inns from tle center of the a sliding part lUon through it liole hole at 0 one no end of the caga for pulling ux the partition tIon back and forth may be used also as a roost when it to la desired to leave the fowls in the pen for several days tor for fatten lug purposes |
