It is surprising the effect shade has on laying hens, with a cooling
diet and shade they do not seem to know that it is summer; there is



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very little broodiness, as compared with hens that have no shade,
and the eggs come merrily.
The young stock should he given all the range possible and a
good growing feed kept where they can help themselves.
During the heat of the day, chicks do not want much to eat, but
they like to be out early in the morning foraging, and late at 'night.
It is a chick's delight to catch the insect life that ventures out after
a warm day.
A few rows of kale plants will furnish both the forage and shade
for a good bunch of chicks. The growing chicks will need a little
meat, or milk is better if on hand; in facli milk is the very best animal
food for either old or young poultry at any and all seasons, and
especially so during the summer season. Sour or clabbered milk
furnishes bone-making elements in a free condition that is easy to
digest; for the laying hens it furnishes animal food and lime for the
egg shell, but to those hens we desire to rest it should not be fed
too freely or they will go to laying more eggs.
To the hens that are to be disposed of before winter, animal food
may be given, in order to get all out of them that is possible, but for
stock that is to be kept over another year, whether yarded or on
range it is better to feed very little concentrated food.
