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Show Use Sanitary Practice Practiceto to Reduce Chick LossPoultrymen Loss LossPoultrymen Poultrymen who put health first last lastsear last\ear last ear sear \ ear In the growing growmg of their thf'lr thflr : ' punets pullets punetssurrerte pulletssuffered pulletssuffered surrerte suffered ] less than 7 per cent loss of ofchIchs ofchicks ofchicks ofchicksD chIchs chicks chIchsD chicksD D 0 C Henderson . , poultry extensIOn extensIOnspecIalIst extensionspecialist extensionspecialist specIalIst of the Pennsylvania State col college college college lege savs sacs that 707 cooperators co operators wIto wltn wItothe wltnthe witnthe the a agricuitut aRncuItuial rlcuItUl rlcuItUl1 \1 1 ql ' \ extension e"ttenslOn ettenslOn " : ; service cervice In Inthe inthe Inthe the state st'lte stlte ' last , vear bear ear reported the grow growIng growfag growIng Ing fag of 120512 1213512 chich chicks , > ' IIie 'Ihe Ihe ! lie average averageloss averageloss averageloss loss of chicks chlchs reported was ] 104 04 per percent percent percent cent , but poultrymen " who ho used all al1 the thesanitary thesanitary anitary sanitary piactlces plactlces practices reeomm recommpntled recommended ' Dlled by the thee"tenslOn theextension theextension e"tenslOn etenslOn extension } " poultry pouItry specialists specl'tllsts specltllsts speclghsts ' had a loss lossof lossof lossof of only G 0 C94 94 per centThe centThe cent centTlie Tlie The fi five file , e rccomroonded recommonded recommended practices in ineluded ineluded Ineluded eluded quality qU'lhtv qUlhtv quglity ' chicks chId.s chIds . from vigorous vigorousstocl vigorousstock vigorousstock stocl stock . , early hatching h\tching h tching ' \ , clean cJe.m cJem . brooder brooderhouses brooderhouses brooderhouses houses , clean cle'ln cleln ' feeders and clean cleangrounds cleangrounds cleangrounds cleangroundsSince grounds groundsSince Since this plan of at growing chlc.h chlch chicks chickswas chickswas . was started In the state st'lte stlte ' there has been beenn beena n a consistent conlstent " ! decrease In chick losses lossesIn lossesIn lossesIn In lf12 1929 the nera av n\ n as \ craie erage era ; e loss among co op operators operators oporators oporatorsas erators \\as as w'is wis " \ \ 1S ' 1 15 : > per cent , but those who whoused whoused whoused used all the clean practices lost only only10 10 per cent In 1&30 130 W:10 W10 1930 & : the a as average , erage loss loss'as losswas losswas \\'as 'as as was \ \ ' 132 13 2 per cent , and those who uSt'd uStd used usedill usedall ' 111 ill ' the sanitary s1nItafJ . piactices plactlces practices lost only 844 844per 8 84per % 4per per cent In l 1931 31 the average "as as was "assU wasslightly " wassliLhtly sU slightly htly 0 over otter ' er 10 per cent , and the lossfor lossfor loss lossfor for those using all nIl the clean practices practices"as practiceswas practicesV.Q.S practicesVQ.S practicesVQS "as as was " . . less than th\n th n then ' \ 7 per cent |