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That the most favourable time for farmers to have their chickens 

 hatch out is usually the first week in May. Unless provided with 

 artificial means of hatching and rearing chickens it is not convenient 

 to do so at an earlier date ; 



That to have the chickens make steady growth it is absolutely 

 necessary after the first forty-eight hours that they should be care- 

 fully housed, regularly fed, and kept free from lice; 



That if well fed and cared for, up to the saleable age of three 

 and a half, four or five months, the chickens will be in such satisfac- 

 tory condition that very little, if any, crate-fattening will be required 

 to make them choice market specimens; 



Chicks brooding ?n the Electrohover. 



That a midsummer moult is preferable to a later one and it may 

 be brought about by directions as shown in Bulletin No. 54, which 

 are too lengthy to repeat in this brief summary; 



That it is not necessary to have a male bird with the hens in 

 order to have successful winter laying; 



That to secure the highest prices for winter eggs they should 

 be of good flavour, the result of clean and generous feeding of varied 

 rations; uniform size; clean in appearance; neatly put up and not 

 fertilized; 



That neither correct nor inviting market types, early layers 

 nor perfect specimens as show birds can be produced if the chickens 

 are allowed to 'pick up their own living' in their early days. A 

 chicken which has become stunted from being stinted in its food 

 never recovers from the neglect ; 



That in artificial incubation it has been found that if the chickens 

 after being hatched are subject to sudden change in temperature, 

 they are apt to become chilled and diarrhoea will follow; 



