SELLING DAY-OLD CHICKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 2

SELLING DAY-OLD CHICKS.

This is practically a new department in poultry»culttiro :(says. an.-American paper). ■Years.i'agoTit' was' ;alraosti unheard of.' No .one thought "of shipping newlyrliatehed chicks ■ miles "and expecting them to J iirrive';ijjr''good condition/: .This, however, is what is being done at-the present" time , , .witliftporfect satisfaction!'.'to ; the T'.buyer. ■Dozeiis of 2 breeders throughout'the country, hav.e "tajj&n up this; branch of the' -poultry industry ' during the past two years, and so far. as wo havo boon: able to ascertain tliey are all doing a thriving business. This ■ branch of the chicken , industry has been ■carried on in England for several years..The ■'cM&s' 1 aro'usually- ; shippo'd''in"shallow woodoii .boxes,._abqut six inches de'op, with/small -hqlesv'cut in tho sides near .the top for ventilation. The top consists of two thickribss'of.burlap, with narrow strips of board nailed'across for protection. ' : Tho chicks .aro'-'takeiy from the ; incubator as soon as dry anil "packed somewhat' ■ closely in theso ■■hoxe's, l "ahd' can bo shipped 1000 miles or moro in perfect safety. Tho fact, that littlo chicks.do not require any food for from forty-eight to sixty-four hours after they .omorgOifrom tho.shollj' makes it possible to ship them any distance that does.not require a greater ' length of time than tips, 'and by tho time they arrive at tho'journoyV ■end-.they-are ready ifor thoir first meal. This is a very suitable and profitablo business for those* who" liavb" neither room nor time to raise-thor chicks after! hatching thorn. Profits are, good considering, the amount of capital" that is necessary to invest in such' a. business. . .., . ■ ■ . ■ ■ ' ,■■ . "The[publication will begin in Soptomber ofiia new-ipocket edition of the prose works of Mr. Rudyard. Kipling. The volumes will be" the same size, ,and thoy will ho printed on tho "same thin! paper, as the admirable pocket edition of Mr. Hardy's works just oonoludod, but they will be issued.in leather

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