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as to the amount of feed required and the 
amount of coal consumed. 
As with egg and feed records, the longer 
such records as those of incubation and 
brooding are kept the more valuable they 
become, because they may prove at the end 
of a year or two that a certain incubator 
should be discarded and a certain type of 
brooder stove should be abandoned. 
Profit and Loss Records. Further rec- 
ords which show the total cost of the feed 
consumed, and the average price of eggs 
received, should be kept. By means of 
these the poultryman can tell at any time 
whether his hens are paying a profit and just 
how much. If they are showing a loss he 
will know it at once and take every measure 
to prevent it. 
Care of Broody Hens. Everyone, re- 
gardless of the strain of hens, will have many 
hens that are broody during the spring. 
The method of breaking up these hens so 
that they will get back to laying as soon as 
possible is as follows: 
All of the broody hens which are on the 
nest at seven or eight o’clock in the evening 
