Table of Contents 



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INTRODUCTION, H. L. Brown 5 



PROGRESSIVE POULTRY RAISING, 



W. A. Lippincott 7 



Kind of Stock for the Farm 8 



Breeds and Classes 8 



Choosing a breed 1 1 



Methods of breeding 1 1 



Culling 12 



Characteristics of high layers 15 



Characteristics of poor layers i5 



The breeding pen 1 6 



Care of eggs for hatching 16 



Incubating . . . . 17 



Time of hatching '. . . . i q 



Farm brooders 20 



Feeding chicks 22 



Sour milk the first feed 23 



Feeding practice 24 



Green food. . . 27 



Separate the sexes 27 



Location of the poultry house 27 



Essentials of a good hen house 28 



Care of the house 30 



Yards 31 



Feeding laying hens 32 



Fattening for slaughter 34 



Producing good eggs 35 



Diseases 35 



Lice and mites 36 



Turkeys 38 



Ducks 42 



Geese 45 



References 47 



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