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RECORDS FOR FUTURE STUDY 



A Man's Poultry Past — Stopping the Leaks — The Be- 

 ginner and " Systems " — " Hovering " The Chicks — 

 Methods not Feasible — Income versus Outgo — 

 Trap Nesting — Good Dollars Eaten — A Beginner's 

 Success 



If there is any one person, who, more than others, 

 needs to keep accurate accounts for his own sake, and 

 to refer to them often, it is the Beginner. In justice to 

 him, I will say that he is usually pretty faithful to 



How Not to Do It. Neglect and Filthy Soil. Study This " Record " Well 



the former part of this proposition, — more so than 

 the "old hand." But, there is little value to a record 

 that is not studied. Any one will be apt to study a 

 record of unquestioning success, study it even gloatingly. 



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