. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. Farin Poidtru 231 feed should be specially prepared and offered five to seven times during the day. No feed is needed for the first day or two. The first food should be such as ma}' be digested without grit, such as ground grain or stale bread just well moistened in skim-milk. It makes little difference whether the milk is fresh or sour. They should be given no more feed than they will clean up. Fig, 15S. The Plymouth Rocks are often used for mothers for Leghorns. promptly. The feed supplies to young chick
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. Farin Poidtru 231 feed should be specially prepared and offered five to seven times during the day. No feed is needed for the first day or two. The first food should be such as ma}' be digested without grit, such as ground grain or stale bread just well moistened in skim-milk. It makes little difference whether the milk is fresh or sour. They should be given no more feed than they will clean up. Fig, 15S. The Plymouth Rocks are often used for mothers for Leghorns. promptly. The feed supplies to young chickens, and older ones as well, should contain ground bone or other form of mineral matter. It is not so important that they have animal food, as plenty of mineral matter and protein. The latter may be of either vegetable or animal origin. Investigations for the cause of death among young poultry showed that 15 per cent had tuberculosis, due no doubt to imperfect sanitation; 38 per cent had in- testinal troubles, and 75 per cent had diseased livers,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ferguson, A. M. (Alexander McGowen), 1874-; Lewis, Lowery Laymon, 1869- joint author. Sherman, Tex. , Ferguson Publishing Company
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