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chicks thrived exceedingly. That dropping boards are needless and 

 unsanitary. We have done away with them entirely. That if given the 

 same chance a good, healthy Leghorn will eat as much as a Rock— 

 with this difference: that the Leghorn wastes surplus food in needless 

 exercise, while the Rock wastes It in needless fat. That the claims 

 made of a whole family of six living off the product of half a dozen 

 hens — of tens of thousands cleared yearly from half an acre — of pullets 

 laying at three months — or "flocks" averaging "258 eggs yearly per 

 hen" — of baby chicks thriving out of doors in tireless brooders during 

 zero weather — that such claims were absolutely false. That there is 

 no "best" variety, although some are better than others. That laying 

 is .more a matter of breeding and feeding than of breed. That sex 

 can be influenced to a considerable degree. That chicks die in the 

 shell chiefly for lack of oxygen; and many more equally valuable and 

 interesting. 



These tests will be continued for an indefinite period, for there 

 are multitudes of facts yet to be established. 



Therefore I shall be pleased to hear from breeders at any time. 

 If you have a popular variety that you want tested; or an old variety 

 that has been neglected; or a new variety that is fighting for recogni- 

 tion — let me hear from you, and I will help you so far as I can, and 

 without any cost to you. The same offer applies to anything new in 

 the way of appliances or products. 



Meanwhile you are cordially invited to visit me whenever possible. 

 My testing plant is open for inspection every day. If you are an old 

 breeder you are surely welcome. If you are a beginner you are doubly 

 welcome. I thank you one and all, and hope to see as many of you 

 as possible whenever It is possible for you to come. 



