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mate these birds using one pen to produce exhibition males and 

 another to produce exhibition females. And at that you will be lucky 

 if you get one really high grade show bird out of a hundred chicks. 

 Indeed, this follows true with most breeds. And that is the reason 

 why high grade exhibition birds command such big prices. 



The secret of getting exhibition birds of any variety is to mate 

 your birds so that one sex may compliment the other — meaning thereby 

 that the male must supply any shortcoming in the female, and vice 

 versa. The subject is too extensive to be treated fully in a single 

 chapter. It is thoroughly covered in my book "Show Room Secrets," 

 to which the reader is referred, if interested in this branch of the 

 poultry industry. 



DYING IN THE SHELL. 



It is most discouraging to find that a number of well developed 

 chicks, almost ready to hatch, have "died in the shell." Low vitality 

 may account for this in some cases; but usually the chicks die for 

 want of breath — smothered in the shell. 



Lack of oxygen! 



There you have it. 



Far more incubator chicks die from this cause than are lost under 

 hens. 



The secret of prevention is to supply more oxygen. 



I have saved many chicks that were leady to pip by dipping the 

 eggs in hot water for a moment then removing them auickly so that 

 the air might work in through the opened pores of the shell. A better 

 way, especially with incubator eggs, is to use the Oxy-Vitalizer, 



