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Keport of Fakmeks' Institutes 



Tho factor of late moulting is almost an invariable rule that 

 will guide a man in selecting his highest producers. 



A hen's temperature changes with the weather conditions, which 

 may indicate why it is that Australia produces the most when we 

 are producing the least and vice versa. We seem to get the highest 

 production when temperatures are moderately high and the lowest 

 when temperatures are extremely low or excessively high. 



Capsules containing coloring matter can be fed to hens and the 

 yolk will be affected in color, another dye colors only the protein 

 matter. This has made possible observations which seem to show 

 that the embryo chick has power in the process of digestion to make 

 fat from the protein. 



The matter of hatching with incubator or hens shows no notice- 

 able difference in the vitality, productiveness or cost from the two 

 methods. The percentages were found to be : Hen hatched, 31.74 ; 

 Incubator hatched, 31.66. 



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