SIMPLE TOE-MARKING SYSTEM 
T is a simple matter to keep track of the chicks 
if they are toe-marked. Then it becomes easy 
to identify the birds of different hatches and 
to tell the year and even the month in which they 
made their appearance. The Bureau of Animal In- 
dustry at Washington suggests the following system 
of markings by which sixteen combinations are 
made possible. The average amateur will need to: 
use only a few of them, but the diagram indicates 
the possibilities of the plan: 
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