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going wrong. In using the egg record as an index of the condition of the 
flock, the feeder should keep in mind that a falling off in the egg yield for one 
or two days may be due to the mere coincidence of the ‘off days” of an 
unusually large number of hens; but, after a shortage which cannot be 
accounted for by change of weather or a serious disturbance in the flock, on 
two successive days, he should begin to handle the hens to exactly ascertain 
their conditions. Nine times out of ten he will find that he has been feeding 
too light. 
