SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
grass and weeds are dry, the chicks should 
be given as much range outside of their 
covered run as can be spared for them. 
While playing about and hunting for bugs, 
worms, and other insects on this range, 
they will get all the exercise they need; 
but if the mother hen is allowed to run 
at large with them, even when the grass 
and weeds are dry, they are very liable 
to be overworked, and should the whole 
brood be raised by such methods, which 
is almost impossible, there would be a 
considerable loss in growth. To make the 
most profit out of the business, and that 
is what we all like to do, all of these little 
things must be taken into consideration. 
At the present time of such great efficiency 
in production no ordinary business can 
succeed unless the little leaks are most 
carefully looked after. 
When chicks are raised with hens the 
louse problem is a very serious thing and 
will require a great deal of attention. 
The mother hen should be well powdered, 
from time to time, with some good louse 
powder, and the little chicks should be 
examinea very often for lice: look for the 
lice on top of the head, under the wings, 
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