Show artificial CHICK MUST BE CODDLED overcoming luck lack or of vitality in the artificially reared chicken I 1 la s one of I 1 tile ho chief problems of tile ino modern dern poultry producer in tile tho opinion of prof L F payne head of the department part ment of poultry husbandry nt at the lie kansas state agricultural college tile the artificial chicken said pro fessor payne Is latched hatched artificially brooded blooded artificially supplied an n artificial til iclal ration and latest developments have anade it profitable tv tc supply tills this type of chicken ilcken cl with artificial sunlight light from quartz i mercury vapor lamps the a artificial chicken hns has little in common with its ancestors who were hatched in small numbers under hens heng they fed on grain around the stack grasshoppers from held field and minerals from the r soil eoll they grew lo ao bo be etring robust chic chickenis keLis able to roost in the top of a treo tree or in tho the wagon shed all winter and bo be none tho the worse for exposure in tho the spring they produced n menger meager surplus for the market basket and the dinner table but they did survive health and vigor were th their air chief assets the I 1 important thing in managing tills this now new chicken Is to make its ita artificial life as natural as possible its shortcomings and kel keep P the poultry house freo from drafts und and dry the advantages advantaged of the artificial chicken tire that it lias has a more rapid rate of growth loses the maternal instinct and Is a heavier producer of eggs professor payne stated |