no BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



get just as much as they want. I do not depend on my own 

 personal ideas in that matter. A chick knows a great deal bet- 

 ter than I do what it wants. If a chick wants heat it should 

 have it. 



Question. How do you prevent them from huddHng? 



Dr. Wood. Well, I make it a point to train my chicks to 

 use the brooder until I get them so that they know enough 

 about it. I do not let them alone. I keep them moving. If 

 you will pay a little attention to them for about three or four 

 days, you can easily take care of that. Of course, what you 

 do depends to some extent on the weather. You can soon 

 train them so that they will take care of themselves. You can- 

 not do as well with summer chickens in teaching them not to 

 huddle as you can in cold weather because in cold weather 

 they soon find out that it is too cold to stay out there. A 

 chicken is largely a creature of habit. A habit can be estab- 

 lished with a chick as well as it can with a man. 



President Seeley. Doctor, the question is asked if hud- 

 dling in the brooder does not mean a lack of heat. 



Dr. Wood. W^e do not have much, if any, huddling because 

 we keep it so hot that they just stay in there. The lack of heat 

 will, of course, cause them to huddle. I believe in keeping 

 them warm. 



Question. How can you increase the egg production of 

 our hens one dozen eggs per hen per year? 



President Seeley. I would like to see it done. I believe 

 that the only way that you can increase the egg production of 

 our hens is to give them plenty of food, a good variety of 

 wholesome food, and give them enough of it. Do not go out 

 and put down a couple of handfuls of corn, and then let them 

 shift for themselves and expect that they are going to turn 

 out a lot of eggs. You just put down a good big generous 

 hopperful, and you will hear from them. 



Mr. Graham. I heard Dr. Wood make the statement, 

 Mr. President, that certain hens got out of condition and 



