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a retarded growth. 

 Whether the differ- 

 ence is great enough 

 to warrant the extra 

 labor cost involved in 

 keeping them in small 

 flocks, is open to 

 doubt. Where sev- 

 eral thousand chicks 

 are hatched, the old 

 system o f keeping 

 them in flocks of 

 fifty is hardly prac- 

 ticable on account of 

 the labor cost as well 

 as equipment cost. 



Brooding Systems 

 in General. It should 

 be understood by the 

 poultryman that the 

 brooder is not always 

 responsible for chick 

 mortality. The 

 chicks die sometimes 

 in spite of the brood- 

 er. If they do, the 

 poultryman should 

 not conclude at once 

 that the brooder is 

 wrong and proceed to 

 purchase or build a 

 new one. It has been 

 abundantly demon- 

 strated that the 



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