HEALTHY, VIGOROUS BIRDS. 



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described begins to adhere to the feathers. When there 

 is deterioration of health and strength on account of 

 dearth of exercise, or on account of jostling and crowd- 

 ing at night in an insufficiently warmed brooder, result- 



ing in loss of sleep, every organ and function of the 

 body is likely to be more or less impaired. What is 

 asserted is that the bowels are not primarily or specially 

 in fault. The whole digestive system may be as well off 

 as any other part of the chick, and may be, in fact, the 



