lect abundance of green feed; if you neglect to provide water 

 at all times, day and night; if you use gun-powder or mustard; 

 if you use much salt ; or any dangerous stimulants ; if you handle 

 in such large groups that they have no fair chance ; if you don't 

 provide layers with oyster shell. 



In raising the ducklings, if you let them chill, or get cast; 

 if you let hot sun strokes beat them down; if you don't hustle 

 them to shelter during showers; if your brooder has not abund- 

 ant fresh air; if you don't keep them comfortable; if you bunch 

 them in big lots till they jam and trample each other; if you 

 give them ice-cold water ; if you keep them in dense damp shade, 

 where they cannot get sunshine if they need it; if you let them 

 drabble themselves in water while downy; if you let them cry 

 when they complain about wrong conditions; if you feed till the 

 ducklings act sick ; if you neglect sand or grit; if you let them get 

 scared often; if you say "it's too much trouble" to watch out 

 for these things. Ducklings are more sensitive to chill and icy 

 water (inducing convulsions) than chicks, perhaps, but any one 

 of these wrong practices may spoil the grower's chances of suc- 

 ces, either with chicks or ducks. 



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