Show how to ha 1 se poultry by dr L D LeGe cir esst VS St louis mo dr mcgear lugea m Is s a graduate graduate of the ontario veter veterinary ri a Coll alg cee 1892 IS 92 Thirty six r yea years c of f veterinary r L practice ra alce et on diseases case I 1 of live 19 stock nd poultry po i ry eminent t authority tho r 1 on 0 n ta poultry an and stock raising N nationally a t i 1 I 1 v known poultry ou V breeder noted author A and 1 lecturer MAXING MAKING BIG ONES OUT OF LITTLE ONES proper reeding feeding of vital during the early days Mays of clucks chicks existence editors note athla la Is another atory in a series of 62 52 stories on poultry raising written by the well known national poultry authority dr L D legear L gear V S ot of st louis the entire series will appear in this paper our readers are urged to read them carefully and clip clid them out for or future reference business took me into a small country court room rece recently fitly As I 1 entered a convicted chic chicken kepi thief was wag just receiving sentence thirty days on the rock pile henza 1 drawled the judge and continued wad when whan you get home again get yourself some little chick chickens ets honestly and try making big ones out of 0 little ones tor for a while instead of always having to make little ones out aut of big ones onea ou opa the country rock pile the way youve been doing here lately thi the soundness of 0 this h homely amely advice struck me very forcibly I 1 help thinking how much more profitable the poultry business would be it if every tong one fey in it would realize malize how veany thousands thou thova sanda amda of do lara jars are lost every year because poultry raisers generally are not doing all 01 they should in the way of making big ones out of little ones onea over 20 years ago I 1 adopted a plau alwa of feeding young chicks which proved so successful that I 1 have continued it without change ever since many have adopted it tried all sorts orts of to it and ad have revolved all aroun around d it in various ways invariably however they re turu tum agal again to my original system I 1 know that many can profit by adopting my method so I 1 shall describe it as fully as space will permit sf I 1 do not claim thi ig fe he a best beet method for aberg js 10 ire ne best we one it your pi ethod gives tike desired results do not change e A great are now successfully feeding art an fall mash ration from the tart oart to maturity and sot mot fol piling any whole or cracked grain pt ft jall many okhwa successfully start their baby chicks on ion a mash starter tarter a feed wad aud after two weeks supplement it with commercial chick grains etc my method Is quite different when ray my chicks are about 48 hours i old I 1 take lh them emol out of 0 the incubator and put them hem into the brooder room that Is warm thoroughly cleansed and disinfected dis infected the temperature trader the hover should be close to degrees and the room should not be too cold I 1 give th thoai at this time fresh buttermilk or fresh clab ber milk in clean vesse vessels Is that are protected so they cannot get into the milk wibb their feet I 1 also provide them with water with chick tablets dissolved in it in clean vessels protected ij the same way I 1 also give them baby chick grit and charcoal and keep this before them at all times A few hours later I 1 give them their first teed feed which la Is pinhead steel cut oatmeal this is the same came kind of oatmeal oat meal our mothers used to make mush out of when we the older of us were nere young it can still be secured in all the larger cities rolled oats are too to large to teed at this time unless broken uv u 1 I spread papers oia cu the floor near the hovers and put the oatmeal oa the papers I 1 see that all the chicks get g st on the paper and they are soon all eating I 1 leave this before them tor for about ten minutes the second teed feed may consist of either chick graan or ot oatmeal meol after the first day and tor for the first ten days I 1 mix one part of oatmeal and two parts of chick I 1 grain and teed feed what they will clean up in about fifteen minutes every three hours boura at 6 9 12 3 wad aud 6 milk as well as water should be kept before them all the time also tender grass or other green food should be provided every day it milk la Is not available one hard boiled egg should be ground up tip fine and fed to each 25 chicks each day I 1 keep clean chaff or short cut straw on the floor ot of the brooder room and after the chicks are 4 or 5 days old I 1 scatter all the their fir graci feed tn in tiro tha litter and make the them m scratch for it during tho the second week I 1 start feeding a dry mash made by mixing equal parts wheat bran yellow corn meal deal wheat zid clings oatmeal and if tao milk Is ia being led fed I 1 add 10 per cent of good grade sifted meat scraps to the mash for about a week I 1 give them thein in choppers at 9 and ana 3 each day what they will eat of this mash in a halt half hour this of course is fed dry when the chicks are about two weeks old this dry mash can be kept before them all the time in hoppers when I 1 begin feeding the above mash I 1 discontinue the 9 and 3 grain feed a and aad ad feed grain but three times each day also when I 1 begin giving the dry mash I 1 leave the oatmeal out of the grain wad aud give chick grain only from frain the third to the sixth week I 1 continue feeding baby chicks scratch grain in little morning goolt and faight gradually increasing the amount but never giving them more than can be cleaned u up P in 15 minutes at all times keep before them mash grit and charcoal six ix weeks old a crumbly wet mash can fe fed in troughs at noon only what they will clean up in fifteen minutes made by wetting the A iry mash with milk and leave off the noonday grall grain teed feed beginning with the sixth week I 1 start feeding whole wheat cracked corn wad milo maize instead of me chick grain or mix them together bhicks mow cow may eat whole sprouted oats and can also handle medium size grit and charcas ch cli areal schedule and system of feeding remains as before gradually apar increasing beasing ration until the birds approach maturity then they may have the rations intended tor for laying pullets and hens hena or breeding males it la is most important to kee the chicks growing 0 every alt aws that is what this schedule is intended to do and it will succeed it if given a fair chance you cannot raise chicks successfully however without constant attention atte ration to detail neglect will never da it the roads and highways of the united states sates occupy space equI equivalent Talent to farms of acres each 0 flax varieties that are resistant to wilt have been developed at the minnesota agricultural experiment station 0 0 simple treatment tor for scours consists to in giving one to three tablespoonfuls tablespoon of castor oil in mil milk to clear the bown i C anens and grading seed wheat and treating it to prevent stinking smut are good investments that will pay dividends dext sear |