REiARING WITH HENS 



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Coops should be made as durable as possible so as to be 

 used several seasons; it will be a saving of time and expense 

 to build them in this'way for a temporary affair seldom gives 

 good satisfaction. 



A Work of Pleasure and Profit. 



The care of chicks may be a task to some, but to the 

 genuine fancier it is a pleasure. It gives him an oppor- 

 tunity to watch their development from shell to maturity and 

 to store up knowledge concerning the development of color 

 in plumage, etc. He can use this knowledge to good ad- 

 vantage in his work of mating next season; in fact, it is 

 only by a careful study of chick life and its development 

 that a real knowledge may be obtained of the tendencies and 

 development of color of plumage, arid the care of the chicks 

 throughout the season gives the best possible opportunity 

 for such study. As we have said, it is a source of pleasure 

 to the real fancier rather than a task. 



