being lousy, and the lice multiplied and spread 

 through all the adjoining rooms and yards before 

 being discovered. 



We have also known roup to be spread in the 

 same manner in one instance breaking up the 

 establishment. In the latter instance the proprie- 

 tor was warned, but he knew it all, and had it his 

 own way. 



Things which seem small or trifling sometimes 

 make tremendous results. By watching and direct- 

 ing small matters we control greater ones. 



SELECTING BREEDING STOCK. 



Where a large number of fowls are to be bought 

 at one time it is not easy to get just what is most 

 desirable, but care should be used that no objec- 

 tionable fowls are bought or kept. 



If you are starting a new plant, you want young 

 stock. Do not start with a lot of old hens, for they 

 will certainly give you a set back that will not only 

 dampen your ardor, but kill your profit the first sea- 

 son, and perhaps cause you to make a total fail- 

 ure. 



The old notion that an old hen would produce 

 better and stronger chicks than a young hen, has 

 died a natural death, and is laughed at by the 

 majority of experienced poultrymen. If you want 

 hens to hatch with, the old ones are all right ; but 

 for ordinary use they have the following disquali- 



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