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hens a year out of seventy-five or a hundred. Some 

 have even reported losses as high as between 20 and 

 30 per cent, through experiences common to all flocks in 

 the regular course of living, such as the molt, etc. The 

 point one needs certainty on is, how much disease ought 

 to be expected, under the best care and conditions ; how 

 much of the average loss can be warded off ? Fowls 

 pushed by means of stimulants to the very limit of ca- 

 pacity for egg production must, of necessity, show some 

 breakdowns. The vital question is, " How many ? " 



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Clean, Cool Drinking 



I think no poultryman of any prominence exists who 

 does not lose some birds. If working for records, the 

 loss, which may be called almost unavoidable, will come 

 from trouble with the egg organs. In the famous lay- 

 ing contests at the Agricultural College at Hawkesbury, 

 Australia, some hens died, even when kept in lots of six, 

 and carefully selected in advance for special test. We 

 can know the facts about these things only from expe- 

 rience, — our own or that which others report. I do 



