74 HOW I MADE $10,000 IN ONE YEAR 



in the shortest possible time and you are doing everything 

 you can to make it easy for them. 



If you had things arranged as outlined you now have 

 nothing to do but pile up the boxes and remove them. 

 In doing this we always look through them carefully to 

 be sure no chicks are overlooked. Next you should tack 

 a large card on the wall of the brooder house, near the 

 door, with a lead pencil hung over it by a string. On 

 this card mark the date and number of chicks received, 

 and as losses occur, mark them down. If you wish to 

 learn the periods of heaviest mortality, mark off squares 

 on the card and put each day's losses in a square. You 

 will find such a record both interesting and instructive. 

 We make no distinction between chicks found dead and 

 those that we help out of the way. 



And then you can sit down and "size them up." The 

 chicks themselves will tell you in a short time whether 

 or not your temperature and ventilation are right. Dif- 

 ferent lots require different degrees of heat and outside 

 atmospheric conditions will necessitate a variation in the 

 supply of air admitted. If it happens to be a very hot 

 day you may have to lower your heat and increase the 

 air supply immediately. In such case the chicks will 

 pant for breath, some of them racing about, others 

 "chupping" madly. If this continues for as much as say 

 five minutes, open your inlet air slide to full capacity 

 and open the upper outlet slide about half way; then 

 turn down the regulating screw on the stove, giving it 

 two or three full-round turns. This will reduce the heat 

 and increase the fresh air in a very short time. 



Give the chicks a chance to settle down in the new 



