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The records of such for given periods of time should 

 give the amount of time and cost of the labor. Condi- 

 tions of the weather, of the health of the fowls, of any 

 variations of influences bearing on the experiments 

 should be noted. The results should be carefully re- 

 corded and comparisons made. 



If the final results point to the desirability of repeat- 

 ing the experiments, more recording will become nec- 

 essary and the succeeding records should in form be 

 similar to those of the first series of tests. Thus com- 

 parison of results is made easy and the final conclus- 

 ions should be of value. 



The poultryman is warranted in spending consider- 

 able money for experiments under his local conditions 

 if thereby he may develop a system of management 

 which will insure a continuous saving of labor in the 

 operations of the poultry plant. 



In all recording, simplicity rather than complexity 

 is to be commended. The recorder should keep the 

 main object in view and note simply tLe essential 

 points of the conditions that bear directly upon the 

 problem. 



After records have been made they should be care- 

 fully preserved where mice, moths and molds can not 

 injure or spoil them. They should be studied. 



THE POULTRY MAN'S DIARY. 



A daily diary of operations on the poultry plant is 

 readily kept when one gets the habit of writing down 

 the matters worthy of recording at a regular hour each 

 day. 



A loose-leaf diary has the advantage that the sheets 

 of like date, for successive years may be kept together. 

 Then at a glance the poultryman can see what was 

 done on a certain date for several successive years. He 

 can also ascertain when incubating or a,ny other oper- 

 ation began in different years. 



The diary thus becomes, in some degree a guide as 

 to the proper time for doing various seasonable oper- 



