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POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



chicks often come to the brooder with vitality so 

 low that it is impossible to raise them. The trouble 

 may have been in faulty methods of incubation, or it may 

 be traced back to a lack of vigor in the breeding stock that 

 laid the eggs. A simple experiment of setting a few hens 

 at the time the incubators are set, using the same kind of 

 eggs and brooding the chicks naturally, will show whether 

 the fault was in the breeding stock or not. 



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PIPE 



CAPuc/rr BOO CHICKS 





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TERRA-COTTA BROODER 



This brooder has been largely used by the Petaluma poultry raisers. Besides 

 being cheaply constructed, it is economical in fuel. 



