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and increased weight of the chicks. In feeding 

 bear in mind that chicks in a state of nature spend 

 practically all their waking hours in search of food, 

 and that they do not fill their crops in ten minutes 

 every two hours. Feeding should be, as far as the 

 time of the attendant renders profitable, a con- 

 tinuous process, but by no means a continuous gorge. 



"5. Diarrhoea, etc., frequently result from feed- 

 ing a too large proportion of animal food, and are 

 often brought on by cold, exposure, etc. 



"6. If the yolk is present in considerable quan- 

 tity in chicks a week old, or if more than 1 or 2 

 per cent of deformed chicks appears, look to the 

 better regulation of the incubators or to the health 

 of the breeding-pens." 



