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considerable discretion in selecting their grains. From that 
age on, the amount of food refused by the chicks was consid- 
erably more than with the younger stock. This forces the 
conclusion that many of the deaths among young chicks are 
caused by musty food, although there is no doubt that faulty 
brooders, chills, over heating, improper ventilation and lack 
vitality in the parent stock should all receive proper credit for 
their share. 
Chicks that were hatched by hens, also those taken from the 
incubators and given to the hens, were offered these same mix- 
tures, but it was exceptional to find a chick that took over a 
grain or two of salt, sugar or sawdust. 

Fic.2,— Types of Colony Houses Used in Snow Experiments. 
SUBSTITUTE OF SNOW FOR WATER. 
The cost of unnecessary labor is one of the greatest leaks in 
the poultry industry. Much time is required to carry water to 
500 or 1,000 hens, especially if they are in colony houses, and 
should the poultryman consider it necessary to have the water 
heated and served twice daily, the labor will be more than 
doubled. Since the analysis of eggs shows 65 per cent. water 
and we have reached a time when many consider wet feeds 
unnecessary, it is natural to think that water for the fowls is 
an important matter. Nevertheless, cases have been known 
where a hen had no water for months except that furnished by 
