. Artificial incubation and incubators ... day. A goodgreen foodsort, as ad-will in somesupply thegrass, andand earlyto; but laterbe provid-facilitiesit. Fig. 29. The bare ground, if many chicks are raised, will soon become con-taminated. I advise turning it over frequently with a spade orplow. If with the spade, a certain portion daily, or half the plotsemi-weekly. It is also a good practice to reserve a corner, andsow oats, buckwheat, or* clover on it (fencing it off from the restof the plot) and letting the chicks on it when a few inches higti. A very excellent prac-in use in Clinton, Mass.
. Artificial incubation and incubators ... day. A goodgreen foodsort, as ad-will in somesupply thegrass, andand earlyto; but laterbe provid-facilitiesit. Fig. 29. The bare ground, if many chicks are raised, will soon become con-taminated. I advise turning it over frequently with a spade orplow. If with the spade, a certain portion daily, or half the plotsemi-weekly. It is also a good practice to reserve a corner, andsow oats, buckwheat, or* clover on it (fencing it off from the restof the plot) and letting the chicks on it when a few inches higti. A very excellent prac-in use in Clinton, Mass.,the yard with toma-chicks into it just asThe vines furnish bothis highly, relished. Ifnot well provided withputting out low-grow-and gooseberry bushes;will also thrive well in. tice, which I once sawis to plant a portion oftoes, and turn thethe fruit is ripening,shade and food whichthe yards, or runs, areshade trees, I adviseing evergreens, currantpeach and plum treesthe poultry yard, andfruit. A quick shadeing a low, rough trel- bear yearly crops ofmay be made by mak- Fig. 30 lis, and training quick-growing vines, such as morning-glorys,or gourds, over it. Rough, scraggy brush stuck into the groundwill soon be covered by these vines, and make an excellent pro-tection from the hot summer sun. Crowding mast be avoided. This is a stumbling-block uponwhich many trip. It is not safe to put over seventy-five chicksinto one brood (or one partition), and it is much better to limit thenumber to fifty. At three weeks old these should be reduced innumber to thirty or thirty-five. It is safer to divide the brooder CLEANLINESS. 43 into two or three parts, and put twenty-five in each, than to havethem all together. During the day they may all enjoy the samerun, but
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