48 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
When ready for market correspond with a reliable com- 
mission merchant before shipping. 
We have two or three large broiler establishments here. 
In one case two young ladies are hatching several thou- 
sand chicks annually, and they find it very profitable. 
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Fig. 48.—GROUND PLAN OF BUILDING, 
= 
Showing brooders, stove, and water-barrel. 
As stated, nearly all the failures come from the eggs, and 
not the incubators, and until poultrymen realize this fact 
tiey will meet with disappointment. The loss does not 
exceed seven per cent, and that includes the weak chicks 
and all that die by accident. No gapes or lice effect 
them, as everything is kept very clean. As to what may 
Fig. 49._stovE, WATER BARREL, AND END OF BROODER BOX. 
be expected it may be stated that if fifty chicks are mar- 
keted from every one hundred eggs used, the result will 
be satisfactory, but this includes loss of bad eggs, dead 
chicks, and other causes. The chicks grow faster than 
when with hens, as they receive better care and can be 
