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has cost him about a dollar apiece. As the season ad- 

 vances many more of them drop off, one by one, from 

 causes which, to the unsophisticated, are unknown. 



A short time ago a gentleman who has been en- 

 gaged in the Baby Chick business for a number of 

 years was making a call at The Corning Egg Farm, 

 and expressed his regret at having placed an order 

 with a breeder of White Rocks for eggs at too late a 

 date to insure their delivery before the first day of 

 May. The breeder, however, had offered him some 

 day old chicks. Our amusement was considerable 

 when he remarked that he would not accept a day old 

 chick as a gift if he was expected to pay the ex- 

 pressage. 



The man who expects to procure strong, healthy 

 youngsters would much better place his money in eggs 

 for hatching, from reliable breeders, than to make 

 himself a party to the suffering of these helpless mites. 



If the humane side of the argument does not appeal 

 to him, certainly the money expended will. 



Correct records, on cards designed by us for the 

 purpose, are kept on The Corning Egg Farm, show- 

 ing the results from the incubators. These are filed, 

 giving the Farm a record which, as the years go by, 

 becomes invaluable, when planning for a year's work 

 in incubation. 



