Show Y CARING FOR LITTLE CHICKS first duty Is ie to provide suitable coop for hen and brood two methods of feeding during the hatching it if you are wise you will not be too curious but will allow tho the instinct of 0 tho the hen to do her work it may be well to quietly reach under tho the hen and remove such egg shells bhella as can be taken out without disturbing hor her but nothing further should bo be attempted the first duty la Is to provide a coop tor for the hen and brood no matter what kind of a coop from a barrel laid down to the most moat improved patented article Is used see that it is la clean and the bottom covered wll with ind find sand or it if the weather bo be really cold with oat chaff or short fine alna hay bay when the chickens are twenty four hours old they aro are ready to bo be removed to their now new quarters up to this time writes M E scully of 1111 nola nois in the prairie farmer they should have received no food but they are now ready for their first meal give them water to drink in a vessel into which they cannot get their bodies A aln tin vegetable can with email findall holes punched around th tho 0 bottom and placed in a deep saucer will ans answer admirably whatever their farst food may bo be give them only a small quantity tho the best rule for feeding la Is little and often two distinct methods of feeding have their special advocates the tha wet that Is ground feed moistened with milk or water and the dry I 1 fand the he latter method the more satis fac tory lory I 1 feed cracked wheat corn and oatmeal keep the chicles chicks healthy and growing right from the start keep them dry and warm give them plenty of 0 grit and puro pure water it if in a brooder scatter food in chaff and let them get exercise by scratching the first three weeks are the most critical time after that it if kept free from lice they will do well |