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"2. Death from overcrowding, suffocation and 

 trampling can be readily corrected. It is more 

 frequent than is generally suspected. 



"3. For guarding against tuberculosis, give the 

 interior of the brooders all the sun and air pos- 

 sible on pleasant days. 



"4. Trouble of the liver and gall bladder are 

 usually easily recognizable from the green stains. 

 For correcting this, feed more animal food. The 

 use of the proper proportion of animal food will 

 pay a handsome profit through decreased mortality 

 and increased weight of the chicks. In feeding 

 bear in mind that chicks in a state of nature 

 spend practically all their waking hours in search 

 of food, and that they do not fill their crops in 

 ten minutes every two hours. Feeding should be, 

 as far as the time of the attendant renders profit- 

 able, a continuous process, but by no means a 

 continuous gorge. 



"5. Diarrhoea, etc., frequently result from feed- 

 ing a too large proportion of animal food, and are 

 often brought on by cold, exposure, etc. 



"6. If the yolk is present in considerable quan- 

 tity in chicks a week old, or if more than 1 or 

 2 per cent of deformed chicks appears, look to 

 the better regulation of the incubators or to the 

 health of the breeding pens." 



