CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I BASIS AND BEGINNING OF THE BUSINESS 



The poultryman's personality The basis of the busi- 

 ness Advantages and disadvantages of poultry- 

 keeping Importance of the calling Purpose and 

 plan of poultry production, family flock, farm flock, 



financier's flock, fancier's flock. Page 9 



CHAPTER II PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF POULTRY 

 BREEDING 



Three groups of factors in poultry breeding, inheritance, 

 environment, exercise of functions Co-operation of 

 influences Principles of breeding, heredity, atavism, 

 prepotency, correlation, variation In-breeding, line- 

 breeding, cross-breeding, grading Methods of mat- 

 ing. Page 27 



CHAPTER III INCUBATION 



Four practical points Formation of the egg Freshness 

 and fertility of eggs Care of eggs before hatching 

 Special study of incubating eggs Successive stages 

 of incubation Natural method of hatching Sitting 

 place Setting the sitters Artificial hatching Se- 

 lecting the machine Incubator room Setting up 



and operating incubator. Page 46 



CHAPTER IV BROODING 



Lively and listless chicks Beginning brooding Chilling 

 chicks Natural method of brooding Chick coops 

 Artificial methods of brooding Indoor and outdoor 

 brooders Starting and running the brooder Feed- 

 ing the little chicks. Page 69 



CHAPTER V GROWING CHICKENS 



Squab-broiler chicks, home-made hover, double-decker 

 brooders, feeding and finishing Spring broilers 

 Rearing chicks after brooding, separating the sexes- 

 Preparing the pullets for exhibition, for laying Soft 

 roasters Caponizing, instruments, operation Feed- 

 ing capons and pullets. Page 87 



CHAPTER VI FOODS AND FEEDING 



The life blood Nutrition Dissection and study of 

 digestive system of fowl Nutrients, mineral, proteid, 

 carbo-hydrate and fatty Feed-stuffs, grits, grains, 

 greens, grubs Conditions of feeds and feeding 

 Scientific foundation of feeding Table of principal 

 poultry feed-stuffs Standards for maintenance, lay- 

 ing, growing rations Balancing rations Reckoning 



a laying ration A molting ration. Page 107 



CHAPTER VII PARASITES AND DISEASES 



External parasites, lice, mites, scabies Internal para- 

 sites, gape-worms, round worms, tape-worms, para- 

 sites of oviduct Diseases, prevention, treatment 

 Clinical equipment Diagnosis and directions for 

 treatment of diseases and disorders, alphabetically 

 arranged Treatises. Page 132 



