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ls plzttetl iu tlte litl ezuth time leetl is ntltletl. llowexer. tune
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Care of thc Hen and Chicks [
lhe hen zmtl chicks shouhl be tonliuetl to the brootl tw
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titne lor the lirst three weeks. t\lter tlte thirtl week. the tw
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ALL-MASH MIXTURE (FED WITH MILK)  
. Ground yellow corn ........,...,.........................,.. 70 lbs.  
mi Mixed wheat feed (shipstuff) ............................... 25 lbs. L
my Bone meal (steamed or raw) .....,.......................... 2 lbs. ;
' ·‘ ` sail ,A.....,.....,..l........,......,.,...................,, 1 lb. _
‘li‘ Cod liver oil* ......,................4.....4..,.,.4...,..4,,, 1pint
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ilil Ground yellow corn ......,.........,........................ 70 lbs.
1 1. Wheat shorts or shipstuff ....................,.............. 25 lbs.
llll Meat and bone scrap (5000 protein) ......,................... 10 lbs.
l»»~ Salt ..........,,...........................,................ I lb.
;li» Cod liver oil; ...........................................,... ipint
Jin `Omit if chicks are out in sunshine. Sardine oil. cod liver oil
ll.i·.~ concentrate. or any other biologically tested source of vitamin D may
be used in amount recommended by manufacturer.
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lily]; Mixed wheat feed (shipstuff) ..........................,..... 30 lbs.
lh', Ground yellow corn .,...........,.,...,...................... 10 lbs.
·_ Meat and bone scrap (5000 protein) ..........,............... TO lbs.
  sail .,....................,...................,...,......... ig lb.
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U l` Yellow corn ...................,,...........,................ 50 lbs.
or
my Yellow corn .,,.,.,...._..___,___._,_,,,........,............ 25 lbs.
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lll Kenlttt/cr [`iX/t'I].\i(HI (Iirttt/ur .\`o. llll
the one given. Keep tltis lt·etl ht·lore the pullets ttntil
they are ready lor the laying tlttarters.
ll tnilk is axailahle. gixe one gallon a day to eatlt lortt
pullets antl reduce the meat strap in the tnaslt to T1 pounds. lim).
Do not give the thitks tnilk when a ttnntnertial tltitk mash is {nhl
letl. Such a ration wottltl tontain too 11tt1tl1 protein antl *Fl’]l’
- hring the pttllets into egg protluttion helore they ltatl grown W Hi
to niaturttsy ' A _ IWW
.»\ll Illllli l`l)llllllllL'l`% should he tarelull) tIt·a1tt·tl with hotl- _I _
mg \\`1llCl` onte eath tlaw. " in
1 the
Branding Chicks slrtifieially · *""l
These suggestions are lor tltth metnhers wlto are old enough INN
to tare lor a hrootler antl who want to raise utore thitkens mw
than tan he hrootled etonoinitally with hens. Il lbtl or ntore
thitks are to he hrooded. a hrooder hottse and a hrooder should
he ttsed. lt is suggested tltat not lewt·r than Bill} nor inoie will
l than 250 thitks he hrootletl in one hottse. The lahor l`<‘l|llll`t'tl mu;
to eare lor this nttnther ol thitks in one hrooder hottse is no
more than that ol tearing lor a lew hens with thitks.
Nlost ol the eggs that are protltttt·tl tlttring the season ol {dl
high prites are laitl hx earlt—hatthed pttllets lll('l`(’liUl'l'. in or- tk.
der to produce high-prited eggs. it is nt·tess;u’t to hattlt the
) pullets early, The general-purpt>se hrt·t·ds. sttth as l’Isinoutii tm]
` Roek. Rhode lslantl Retl antl \\'saudotte, should he hatthetl wil
in Nlarth or earls .-\pril. The smaller hreetls stttlt as tht· l,t·g—
horn should he hatthed i11 .\pril or early Xla}. itu
Raising early thitks netessitates the ttse ol :1 hrooder hottse (qu
and a hrooder. The shed-rool ttpe ol hrooder hottse. plans lot aht
which are on page S has giten t·stt·llt·nt lesttlls in all parts (tl]
ol lietuttttky. The hill ol niaterial lor this IH s I2 l)l`tNl(ll`li house aht
will he found on page I2. There are houses on st>tIIt‘ larnis ah
that can he rt~modeled into hrootlt-r houses. htu gt·nt·rallx it we
is more etonomit‘al to httiltl. ll an old lttittse is rt·ntodelt·d it
should he jatked up and ]Jtll on runners so that it tan he he
moved. The house should he well lighted and x‘entilatt·d and he
high enough lront the ground to prevent harhoring rats tutder
it. ;\ sun-portth should ht· plated along tl1t· sunny side ol
the hottse unless the hottse has heen moved to tlt·att ground ·\l
See pitture on lront ol this tirtiular. lll
Types 0 f Broudvrs
A eontmertial hrooder. a honte»ntadtr hritk or an oil-tlrtttn ui
hrootler may he ttsetl satisliattorilr. ll a hritk hrooder is to ht- gl
httilt get a topy ol l'ottlny l,eallet No. 5, lor instrnttions. n`

 lltt/t/ting uml Raising (Z/titles Il
Prvparing the House for the Chicks ‘
I, l)i~itil`t-tt tht- l)l`()()(l('l` home ht·lot·t- putting tht- thitkx i
mto it. Swt-t-li tht- lloors :mtl wztlls, tht-it stt-uh them with hoil·  
ing ht- \\'2lI<‘l`. lkt- zt lfl-o1. tztit ol lyt- to Ti gallons ol w2ttt·t‘. Z
applying it with at long-hzttttllc \(l`lll)·l)]`ll\ll. Ilo noi gz-I I/tw ;
So]1!/tori of ]\`t‘ on \'Hll}` lI(lll(I\ or {tut'.
2. Nloxt- tht- hottxt- to tit-w grotttitl wht-tt- no thitltt-its hztxt- ‘
ht-t-it tltt- it-xii ht·lo1t-. ll litmihlt-. htootl tht- thitltx on grottntl
\\'ll('l`L` lllltl§(‘Il~ h;txt- not {wt-\iott~l} tztugt-tl lor two tours. ll
thc hott»t- ttttmot ht- moxt-tl. tottlittt- tht- thitk~ to tht- hott»t-
`% tmtl ~tt1t-]»o1`th lor lll wt-t-lo.
I5. .\ thin lzttt-t‘ ol \1lll(l mu) ht- plxttt-tl on tltt- llooi- nl tht-
l)liIN)(l(‘l` hott~t-. lt mnt ht- toxt-t-t·tl with lint-lt tttt ~tt-ztw. hu}
or ttnttxt- ~h;ttit1g~ atltt-t` lil tl;t3~ to two wt-t-lo.
i. l’l;ttt· tht- ht-ootlt-t‘ in tht- tt-titt-1- ol tht- hottxt-.
3. lht- tt>l`llt‘l\ ol tht- l)l`il>t- il ~olt to;tl i~ htttttt-tl. ll th·-
l>1‘ootlt‘l` i~ not t-t]tti}>]>t·tl lot- tt ll\t‘-llltll pitit-. put tt it-tltttittg
ioitit wht-it tht- pipt- l`it- tht- ~lU\L’.
ll. l"it`t- tht- l)l`()U(l('l` lot` two tl;ti~ l>t-lot`t- tht- tltitl<< ;tl`t- put
imo tht- llUll~('. lluttg tht- lll('l`lll<)lllL‘lL‘l` :tt tht: t-tlgc ol tht-
t-ttttopt tot- 2 lt·t-t h-om tht- ht-itk ot- oil—tlt-ttm htootlt-ri. out- itttlt
athott- tht- lloot; ;tttt-t`;ttttt’t- t‘t·gttl;ttt·tl ht-lort-
tltitlu tttt- pttt into tht- hott~t-. il ht- tt-mi>t-t‘;ttttt’t- ~hottltl ht- kt-pt
zthottt U5 l·`. lot- tht- litxt wt-t·L, lt ttmt ht- rt-tltttt-tl gtxttlttztlly
zthottt 3 tlt-git-t-~ t-ttth wt-t-lt ;t~ tht- thitlt~ grow oltlt-1‘ ;ttttl tht-
wt-tttht-t‘ gt-t~ wztrtttt-t`.
lil. llt- »ttt‘t- thatt tht- It-t-tlt-tx attttl wattt-t` l`otttit;titt~ ;tt‘t- lillt-tl
l)(`li()l`L' tht- thitlts :tt‘t· lhlll into tht- hot1»t-.
Brtmding lhv Chit-L-s
(hilt xit;ot‘ott» thitlt> »hottltl ht- pttt ittto tht- ht-ootlt-r hott~t-.
.\ll wt-ttl; or tlt-Iiormt-tl thitlts »hot1ltl ht- ltillt-tl tts tht-} may ht-
tht- mt-zttit ol ~l>t-tuttlitig tli»t-;t>t- tht-tt tht- llotk.
l’t-ox-itlt- It-t-tlt-tx ;t» tlt-~t1-iht-tl on lixtgt- ti ol this tit-tttlatt`.
'l`ho\t- ht-ootlittg thitlts ;tt`tiliti;tll\‘ >hottltl lollow tht- stht-tl»
lll? INT tltltlt lit-t-tlitig gttttl tht- $lll]\]\l(‘l` mgttigtgt-tttt‘t1l ~llggt‘N*
gut-tt on lmgt- T. (Qt-t tht- thitlt~ ottt ott tht- >ttti tiotth ;t» xoott
its tht- wt-ztlht-t‘ pt-ttttits.

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Bill of Materia! for Broocler House 10 Ft. Wide and 12 Ft. Deep l
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lll lbs. S penny 11z1ils lll llll•‘ill` ll. nl l" 111~·sl1 II 1:, ;»  
5 lhs. 6 penny nails try llt‘lllllLL 1111 1~1»1···1· lip'; 4
1 5 lbs. 4 penny nails i11 linok (ll. ll()llS1‘l. 7 V
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thc close ol 1l1o proiool. ,\llCIl(l 111 lll(‘ rolurll \ll(’('l oxori iid Tr
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Leudei-’s name ................................................-  
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RECEIPTS
Total value of t‘([lll[HIl¤’lll ou huutl ..,........,.......... i ...., E
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