6 CHICKS 



to be the opinion of those who have the best rig^t to know 

 that not more than twenty-five per cent of the chicks that 

 leave the shell each year receive proper treatment. Some- 

 times this is due to shiftlessness of their owners, but more 

 often is the result of a lack of knowledge of how to do the 

 work. Apparently the need of more and better knowledge 

 of the business of rearing the chicks is imperative, and it 

 is the purpose of this book to furnish the required informa- 

 tion on all phases of this branch of the poultry- industry, 

 in convenient form, in language which is easily understood 

 and from such sources that its correctness is unquestioned. 

 It is well known that there is no one method in the work 

 of hatching and rearing which will prove equally result- 

 ful in all places and under all conditions. In order that 

 this book may be sufficiently broad so that it may cov^r 

 any case, we have included in it descriptions of the methods 

 of not one but dozens of successful poultrjrmen, each of 

 whom tells, practically, the story of his success. From 

 these methods the reader may easily select that which 

 seems best adapted to his environment and circumstances. 

 By reading the book complete he will obtain a general 

 knowledge of facts which apply to the industry as a whole 

 which will make him far better prepared to handle success- 

 fully any difficulties which may confront him in his daily 

 work. 



WEBB PUBLISHING COMPANY. 



