Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . an up each time. IRVING F. RICE, Courtland, N. Y. S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS A. 29. I use incubators to hatch every chick I raise. A. 30. Not to exceed 60. A. 31. Johnnycake and prepared chick food until oldenough to eat cracked corn and wheat. One meal a day of potcheese. A. 32. The food is placed on clean boards until they arelarge enough to ea
Successful poultry keeping : a text book for the beginner and for all persons interested in better poultry and more of it--contains the "secrets of success" both for pleasure and profit--new and valuable information on all branches of the poultry business . an up each time. IRVING F. RICE, Courtland, N. Y. S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS A. 29. I use incubators to hatch every chick I raise. A. 30. Not to exceed 60. A. 31. Johnnycake and prepared chick food until oldenough to eat cracked corn and wheat. One meal a day of potcheese. A. 32. The food is placed on clean boards until they arelarge enough to eat from a trough. We commence feeding fivetimes a day. When they are larger and older, only three and often is our motto. Never overfeed them; this isthe greatest cause of little chick mortality. J. T. THOMPSON, Hope, Ind. BREEDER OF WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS AND MAMMOTHBRONZE TURKEYS A. 31. For the first two days I feed them nothing buthard boiled eggs. After that time and until they get old enoughto eat cracked corn and wheat, I feed them on a prepared chickfood, as I consider it about the best food that was ever com-pounded for little chicks. I always keep them well suppliedwith charcoal, grit, green foods, etc. I never feed any wet THE WORLDS GREATEST POULTRY MARKETA photogjaph reproduction of South Water Street Chicago showingloads of live poultry being delivered to commission men and dealers. A. 32. I always feed the grains in the straw so as to makethem exercise as much as possible. When they are small I feedthem three or four times per day. After they get to be a monthor so old I feed them only twice per day, morning and evening. 117 SUCCESSFUL CHICK REARING-NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL SIMPLE, PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR THE BEGINNER—HOW TO HATCH ANDRAISE CHICKS UNDER HENS OR WITH INCUBATORS AND BROODERS P. T. WOODS, M. D.
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