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the work. He has experimented and put into operation methods 

 and appliances best suited to secure maximum results at the 

 minimum cost. 



The beginner with poultry, who is the chick producer's best 

 customer, as a rule, is especially benefitted by the merits of 

 specialization. While the beginner's attention is occupied with 

 a hundred and one details incident to the commencement of 

 operations, and before he has had time to learn his own lessons in 



(.Courtesy Watson Mfg. Company) 

 Fig. 175. — 10,000 chicks ready for shipment. 



the economical operation of an incubator, he has at his command 

 for a very nominal charge the services of a veteran operator. 



Still another advantage: If a poultryman meets with a mis- 

 fortune of some kind, either with sitting hens, artificial incuba- 

 tion or brooding, and there is no time in which to make a fresh 

 start, his project sustains a severe setback, maybe for a' year, 

 except for the baby chick operator. 



To-day it is comforting to think that if you are caught in a 

 tight place through unforeseen circumstances, you can turn to 

 the baby chick man. He takes the responsibility of counting 



