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that is the only way to make them lay. Not only will chicks 

 live and thrive, hens lay eggs, and disease be prevented by 

 proper feeding with good grains, but by careful observing, 

 and by using different grains when hens are out of condition 

 and noting their good and bad effects you will learn the 

 secrets of feeding, the secret of disease, and how these come 

 and go in accordance with your use of the right kind and 

 grades of grain. We see the utter folly of tonics, drugs, 

 condiments, etc. We see why milk cows fluctuate in their 

 milk on account of grain variations, and how when dairymen 

 understand these variations, they will be able to obtain more 

 milk from their cows, and prevent all fluctuation. Not only 

 do we see these things, but we see the cause of disease in 

 the human family, and how it will some day be prevented 

 by the thorough understanding of the food problem and not 

 by drugs. 



THE CONBOIE METHOD OF SEPARATING CHICKS AT NIGHT 



Four hovers are placed in the same room, and around the 

 edge of each hover I use a different colored cloth. For the 

 first two weeks boards keep each lot of chicks separated. At 

 the end of this time these boards are removed and the chick, 

 becoming accustomed to go into a hover of a certain color 

 will prefer that hover to any other. By this methd I prevent 

 all the chicks from crowding into one hover and killing each 

 other, and thereby overcome one of the most troublesome 

 annoyances in the poultry business. The hovers should be 

 placed close together the first night or two at the front of 

 the raised platform and the feeding troughs should be placed 

 in front of each hover. The first day after the boards are 

 removed the chicks are lost and are likely to go into a 

 favored corner at night, but by watching the first night and 



