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the trouble you have learnt nothing from the experience. 

 And don't get "rattled." You'll forget to fill the fuel 

 tank or set the house afire if you lose your head. You 

 cannot expect your chicks that have been drooping to 

 show up in fine mettle the day after you have removed 

 some rotten feed or closed the door you left open the night 

 before or restored the supply of fresh air which you acci- 

 dentally shut off. Give nature a chance to repair the 

 damage, with such help as you are giving her in the way 

 of extra care and special feeding. 



Lice and Mite Troubles 



We have never had lice on young chicks hatched in an 

 incubator and brooded artificially excepting during our 

 second year in the work when we made the serious mis- 

 take of mixing hen-hatched chicks with those hatched 

 in the incubators. This nearly ruined the whole year's 

 work. Since then we take special precautions to see that 

 neither hen-hatched chicks nor old fowls gain access to 

 the brooder houses and yards, nor are any such allowed 

 the freedom of the place in the enjoyment of which they 

 might wander near the brooder yards. 



You will have no mites in the brooder house if you 

 spray the house in advance as we do ours. 



Cleaning and Spraying the Brooder Houses 



We clean and spray the brooder houses just once dur- 

 ing the brooding stage. This is done at about 4 weeks, 

 when the roosts are let down permanently. When the 

 January chicks are taken out the house is cleaned and 

 sprayed before the next brood comes on. When the 



