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seen chicks die like flies, even when every condition that one would 

 expect them to need was filled, simply because the parent stock had 

 been over fed and stimulated to lay eggs, regardless of what happened 

 to the chicks that were hatched from them. 



Any breeder who will believe and act on this for just one hatch 

 will be more than convinced that this is the truth, and if he is honest 

 with himself he will never overfeed his breeders again. If he is selling 

 eggs to others, he should not aim to sell cheaper than the other 

 fellow, because he will lose out if he does. But charge according to 

 quality, and if people prefer to pay for chicks that may or may not 

 live, why the breeder who sells what he knows will live, can better 

 hatch his own and sell at three months old. 



There is so much to be learned about feeding that no wonder busy 

 people don't learn it, even in a life time, but we all need to learn 

 enough to get a good working basis for present conditions. 



