4 NATURE AND ITS 



Cause of Diseases. 



Diseases of Poultry are caused by incubator hatched and 

 brooder raised. In not knowing- how, or in other words, no 

 judgment is used, and nature is not followed. Inbreeding, 

 crowding 1 , yarding them, etc., etc., are causes of diseases. 



Incubators and Brooders. 



The greatest cause of all diseases are caused by the 

 chicks being incubator hatched and brooder raised. Why? 

 Because they have not the right kind of heat and ventila- 

 tion. The chicks are raised on the hot-house plan, and na- 

 ture is not followed. There are just two incubators and one 

 brooder manufactured to-day that are as near to nature as 

 can be had, viz: The Axford and the Iowa, and the Natural 

 Hen Brooder, and if directions are followed you cannot fail 

 to raise healthy chicks because they are hatched as healthy 

 as a hen hatches them, large and plump and a ball of down. 

 Also the Natural Hen Brooder has proper natural heat and 

 ventilation and so arranged that th chicks have a free 

 range of heat and ventilation and there are no corners to 

 crowd into. Round brooder. 



I have made it a special study to discover the cause of 

 all trouble and failures, etc. The experiment cost me $6,000. 

 I have raised Poultry in almost every climate in the United 

 States from New Jersey to California, from British north- 

 west to the Gulf and I find that Poultry can be raised and 

 are raised in any soil and climate without disease if you 

 know how. Nature is the best teacher. I have built over 

 100 different styles of houses. I built three houses inside of 

 each other to prevent roup, etc., and still would have 

 roup, colds, etc. Draughts, dampness, cracks in walls, with 

 wind blowing in will not cause roup and colds, if only judg- 

 ment and common sense is used. A fowl roosts on trees in 

 all kinds of weather, and is the healthiest chicken on the 

 farm. On the other hand, those kept warm and comfort- 

 able are subject to all diseases if fed on high rich food, etc. 



