The art of incubation and brooding; . ).After the first week give them all the clabber theywill eat, but do not scald it. In addition give oncea day a small feed of well cooked corn meal, some-times in the shape of mush, and again as baked cornbread. By draining the clabber through a cheese-cloth strainer it becomes nice and crumbly, and iseasily picked up. Keep them in brooding yardsuntil about eight weeks old, then give as muchrange as possible. After eight weeks give no sloppyfood, but good grain—corn or buckwheat at night,and a variety of food in the morning. They willgather at least half
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