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be as patient as possible, for the success of the brood later on 

 largely depends upon this early discipline. It sometimes happens 

 that a brood will be particularly obstinate, and insist upon spend- 

 ing the night in every place but the right one, all of which is very 

 exasperating and likely to tax the patience of the most careful 

 operator; yet the will of the operator must dominate. 



The expert brooder operator realizes the importance of this, 

 and aims to break his brood into the ways of a particular ap- 

 paratus, much as a dog is trained to follow a scent, or a horse is 

 broken to the harness. Poor results are often blamed on the 

 brooding appliances, when in reality the fault rests entirely on 

 the persons running them. A brooder stove, no matter what 

 make or type, is seldom better than the operator in charge of it. 



