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POULTRY CULTURE 



Depraved appetite, as toe picking, is one of the vices of 

 brooder-raised chicks. Particularly is this true if the birds 

 are placed in crowded quarters. 



Fig. 167. — Colony brooder houses, using forest trees as shade. 



Fig. 168. — Improvised shade as used by the North Carolina Experiment 

 Station. Birds must be protected from the hot rays of the sun in summer 

 time. 



An abundance of animal food may prevent the toe picking. 

 When the chick once gets a taste of blood he becomes a cannibal 

 and the vice is difficult to check. By continually picking 



