. Artificial incubating and brooding. f with her broodin the early spring, see that she is put in a roomy coop andthat the coop is placed in some dry shed with a window in it,so that the little ones can come out and scratch around whenthe ground is dry. Little chicks can stand lots of cold weatherif kept perfectly drj, and will make wonderful growth. Lateron when the weather is wanner and the stomis are not quiteso bad you can place the coop under a tree and build a yardin front of it, with poultry netting, so that the hen can comeout and dust herself and enjoy the sunshine while her littlechi
. Artificial incubating and brooding. f with her broodin the early spring, see that she is put in a roomy coop andthat the coop is placed in some dry shed with a window in it,so that the little ones can come out and scratch around whenthe ground is dry. Little chicks can stand lots of cold weatherif kept perfectly drj, and will make wonderful growth. Lateron when the weather is wanner and the stomis are not quiteso bad you can place the coop under a tree and build a yardin front of it, with poultry netting, so that the hen can comeout and dust herself and enjoy the sunshine while her littlechicks have free range. You will be surprised how many youwill raise in this way and how easy it is to take care of have had the hotest summer we ever knew, and I hatchedlate and raised about seven hundred Leghorn chicks, and myloss was about seven per cent. Considering the weather, thiswas remarkable. It may be a little trouble for you to makeyour hen and chicks comfortable, but you must not hope tosucceed without this 42—AN ACETYLENE LIGHT EGG TESTER 51 THE DAY-OLD CHICK INDUSTRY ICKSASPECMLryX
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