Of course, where free, unrestricted range is possible, the chicks will progress faster than when cooped up in a small yard. If no free range is possible, it will be found advantageous to at least let the chicks run about the yard of the lot. In this manner, they can pick up considerable food in the shape of worms, insects, etc., that will furnish valuable growing food for them. Let me repeat again the necessity of having milk in some form as a constituent of the chicks’ food. Any food that comes from an animal, whether it be milk or a part of the animal itself, is highly essential to the growth of the chick. Such foods contain an element known as vitamines, which scientists have recently discovered contribute greatly to the growth and upkeep of a growing animal. Vitamines are also found to some extent in green feeds, such as carrots, cabbages, mangoes, etc. Even well cured alfalfa hay contains this important element. It is quite obvious, therefore, that if the chicks are out roaming around the yard or range, they not only secure the exercise that is necessary for their proper development, but they also pick up insects, as has been mentioned, and considerable green feed, such as grass, weeds, and various other odds and ends. If a fair sized lot or range is to be had, then it will be found a great aid to make a little house for the chicks to live in during the nights on the range, although care must be exercised that they be protected from enemies, such as rats, crows, skunks, weasels, owls, etc. Such a house need not be expensive at all if it be made out of an old packing box that will protect the chicks from rain and enemies. Another quite essential feature for the promotion of the maximum growth of the chicks during the warm summer months is the provision for shade. If there are some trees about the yard or range, this will answer the purpose satisfactorily, but if there are no trees where the chicks roam, then some artificial shade is advised. Some people plant corn for this purpose, allowing the chicks to range among the corn plants when the corn has grown sufficiently high. The chicks will not harm the corn, so two ends can be accomplished by this means. Others provide this shade by gathering old brush together and making an artificial shade in this manner. During the hot days of summer, the chicks will suffer from the heat to a marked degree if exposed to the hot rays of the sun. An ideal method used on many farms is to place the chicks in the orchard, where there is an orchard, and let the chicks roam in the shade of the orchard trees.