Poultry fancier . s heavywork for the stronger sex to do. Butthe many little things that a man detests, •a woman will take up uncomplainingly,as her work is naturally made up of num-erous small tasks, beside the labors oflarger dimensions. The little chicks needsome one to keei an eye on them, be-tween the time of the regular visits ofthe poultryman. There are so many ac-cidents that can befall them. I haverescued several chicks from drowningin the water fountain although the spacewas not larger than nee Iful for them todrink from, yet thev would manage insome way to get wedged in there withth
Poultry fancier . s heavywork for the stronger sex to do. Butthe many little things that a man detests, •a woman will take up uncomplainingly,as her work is naturally made up of num-erous small tasks, beside the labors oflarger dimensions. The little chicks needsome one to keei an eye on them, be-tween the time of the regular visits ofthe poultryman. There are so many ac-cidents that can befall them. I haverescued several chicks from drowningin the water fountain although the spacewas not larger than nee Iful for them todrink from, yet thev would manage insome way to get wedged in there withtheir head in the water of course. An-other time two chicks tried to becomeSiamese Twins by joining themselvestogether by each swallowing the oppositeend of a lenghty string. Another chickwas extricated from a knot hole in theboard between two pens. It was wedgedin so tightly that it must have died fromits exertions to free itself if not foundin time. And so on, and so on are thedilemmas a baby chick can get The feeding and watering of thesechicks can be entirely attended to bythe woman if desirable. Keeoing watch on the incubator lampand the temperature of the machine at
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