Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . irds are ready in ten days and others after beingfed for two weeks will commence to go back in weight. Chick Feed Secrets Here is a secret that will surely help you: The cost of food,per chick, to weigh one pound, is three cents for ground grain;or three and seven-tenths on whole grain. .-^tt?^^,; An easily pre-pared chick food: Sixpounds cracked wheat;two pounds finelycracked corn; onepound rolled oats, orpin-head oatmeal; one ^t^g^j^wpound millet seed; protected chick Runs half - pound broken Measure : 2 feet wide and 2 feet high, 12 to 1
Poultry secrets, gathered, tested and now disclosed . irds are ready in ten days and others after beingfed for two weeks will commence to go back in weight. Chick Feed Secrets Here is a secret that will surely help you: The cost of food,per chick, to weigh one pound, is three cents for ground grain;or three and seven-tenths on whole grain. .-^tt?^^,; An easily pre-pared chick food: Sixpounds cracked wheat;two pounds finelycracked corn; onepound rolled oats, orpin-head oatmeal; one ^t^g^j^wpound millet seed; protected chick Runs half - pound broken Measure : 2 feet wide and 2 feet high, 12 to 16 feet in length, rirP-twn r>niinr1c f\r^f- covered with one-inch wire netting. Should be movednee , IWO pOUnUS nne to new ground every two weeks. Used by hen granulated beef scrap; ^°^ ^^ ^°°^- half-pound granulated bone; six pounds pearl grit. This is thesame as expensive prepared chick foods which cost twice as J. Terrys secret formula: For chick food, to be givenafter the young are a day or two old (before that time dried bread. 28 POULTRY SECRETS. crumbs should be given): Cracked wheat, twenty-five parts;hulled or cut oats, fifteen parts; white millet seed, twelve parts;small cracked com, ten parts; small cracked peas, six parts;broken rice, two parts; rape seed, one part; small grit, ten oats can be used in place of hulled oats. The food is feddry and brings good results. Gowells Fattening Secret If chickens intended for market, weighing one and a quarterto one and a half pounds, are placed by themselves in a house witha yard say twelve feet square, and fed on a porridge three timesa day, they can be gotten ready for market in very short order. The porridge is made of six parts cornmeal, two parts mid-dlings, one-half part linseed meal and two parts beef scraps, byweight, and mixed with milk or tepid water. Feed all they will eat in one-half hour, when the troughsmust be removed and cleaned. Keep the yard clean by coveringwith sand, straw or
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