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CHAPTER X 



PAGES 



INCUBATORS AND BROODERS 187-207 



Artificial incubation . 189 



Selection of an incubator 191 



Care of incubators 196 



Brooders and brooder houses 198 



Home-made brooders 205 



CHAPTER XI 



FEEDING AND CARE OF LITTLE CHICKENS 208-221 



Food 209 



Exercise '. 213 



Feeding troughs 215 



Drinking fountains 217 



Brooders 218 



CHAPTER XII 



CAPONS AND BROILERS 222-236 



Capon rearing 222 



Preparing capons for market 231 



Broilers 232 



CHAPTER XIII 



DUCKS AND GEESE 237-260 



Ducks: General discussion ...... 237 



Pekin 241 



Aylesbury 242 



Rouen 243 



Black Cayuga 244 



