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did not find any marked difference in the mortality of the two brooder.-:. 

 The hovers were attached to colony houses, and these in turn were placed 

 about the poultry yards, in the College orchards, and in the farm corn- 

 field. The chickens brooded by hens were placed in the same fields, and 

 the method of feeding- was the same for all. 



Chicks from each incubator in a series were placed in the brooder. 

 Each brooder had some chickens from all machines in the series, so that 

 should the brooders vary, or the care be not the same, some chickens 

 from each machine received an equal share, whether it was good or bad. 

 It may be interesting- to know that there was not in any series any marked 



Fig. 2. — This rut Bhows the method of Brooding, etc. 



difference between the different brooders used, but there was a marked 

 difference in the hens used as brooders. 



Feeding. 



We tried to adopt a plan of feeding that could easily be used by 

 most growers. I would like to call attention to the fact that these chick- 

 ens were grown out-of-doors and not under hot-house conditions, such as 

 we get in January, February, and March ; and further, the plan about to 

 be given is not satisfactory for winter use, mainly because the chicks do 

 not get sufficient exercise. 



