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ing the whole system out of order. Second, the feeding of 

 grains that do not contain the proper material for a quick 

 feather growth. Third, crowded quarters on warm night- 

 which cause the birds to sweat and become overheated. Fourth, 

 head and body lice ; also filthy quarters. Fifth, worms ruin 

 more flocks of growing chickens and cause more off color than 

 any other one thing. There is not one poultryman in twenty 

 that ever rids his growing chicks of worms and still they are 

 one of the worst enemies to growing chickens, and take more 

 dollars out of a poultryman's pockets than any other one 

 thing. Through the growing period you should rid the chick- 

 ens of worms each month. On another page you will find 

 my method of ridding chicks of worms. 



Mate your Blacks as described, watch the little things that 

 cause feather stunt, and follow the method of feeding, as 

 given in this book, and you will grow Blacks with the beau- 

 tiful green plumage, and eighty-five per cent, free from 

 barring. 



MATING THE BUFFS. 



I will now take up the method of mating Buffs. Nearly 

 every poultryman you meet will tell you that the Buff color is 

 the hardest color to mate, and that you will have to raise a 

 great many to get a few good ones. Now I don't agree with 

 them, for I think that the Bufif color is one of the best colors 

 to control if you go at it right. Most of the winning birds 

 are produced by the double mating system. One pen mated to 

 produce cockerels and the other pen mated to produce pullets. 

 From the cockerel mating you will get no good pullets. From 

 the pullet mated pen you will not get good cockerels. I do 

 not like this method of mating Buffs as you have to raise too 

 many birds that you can sell to market only, and your per- 



