CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



INSTRUCTION IN POULTRY HUSBANDRY 1 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' POULTRY CLUBS 8 



THE SCHOOL A COMMUNITY CENTER 11 



THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS IN POULTRY KEEPING 12 



PART I THE BIRDS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BIRDS AND BIRD LIFE 15 



II. THE DOMESTIC FOWL 34 



III. THE EGG BREEDS 48 



IV. THE MEAT BREEDS 58 



V. GENERAL UTILITY BREEDS . 68 



VI. MISCELLANEOUS BREEDS 77 



VII. BREEDING AND MATING 84 



PART II HATCHING AND REARING 



VIII. THE EGG 94 



IX. THE HATCHING EGG 103 



X. THE MOTHER HEN 112 



XI. ARTIFICIAL HATCHING 122 



XII. BROODING 133 



XIII. REARING THE YOUNG BIRDS 142 



PART III HOUSING 



XIV. LOCATION OF THE HOUSES AND YARDS 151 



XV. ESSENTIALS OF A POULTRY HOUSE 162 



XVI. REMODELLING OLD POULTRY HOUSES 170 



XVII. BUILDING A POULTRY HOUSE 177 



XVIII. THE INTERIOR OF THE POULTRY HOUSE 188 



XIX. BEST TYPES OF POULTRY HOUSES ! . . . 198 



PART IV FEEDING 

 XX. ELEMENTS OF THE BIRD'S BODY AND COMPOSITION 



OF ITS FEED 211 



XXI. DIGESTION, ASSIMILATION, AND NUTRITION 218 



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