CHAPTER XVII 

 A Time for Everything — Everything on Time 



In any business, or occupation, that one attempts to 

 carry on successfully there must be system. Nature 

 teaches system, and the hen, as a part of Nature, is 

 a very regular performer. She does everything on 

 time, and at a given time, and if her routine is broken 

 in upon she is a very much upset individual. The 

 owner who rudely disturbs her routine suffers in the 

 loss of eggs. 



The schedule of work among the fowls on The 

 Corning Egg Farm is without variation each day. 

 In Summer the houses are always open and need no 

 attention in the morning, but in Winter the drops are 

 raised in ordinarily cold weather, as soon as it is light 

 enough to enable the hens to work in the litter for 

 grain. On very cold mornings the raising of the 

 drops is deferred until the Sun is up, and when this is 

 done the drinking cups in the fountains are filled with 

 hot water. 



Fixed Feeding Hours 



As close to eight o'clock as possible green food is 

 fed to all the hens, and, if the ground is in a reasona- 



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