CONTENTS 



Chapter. 



I Some of the Advantages of California Poultry Raising. 



II When and How to Start in the Poultry Business. 



III Location. 



IV The Colony Plan. 



V Open Front Houses. 



VI Large and Small Plants for Eggs. 



VII The Care and Management of Eggs. 



VIII How to Build an Incubator Cellar. 



IX How to Run the Incubator. 



X Raising the Chicks. 



XI Why Chicks Die in the Shell. 



XII A Few Don'ts in Raising Chicks. 



XIII Brooders and Brooding Systems. 



XIV The Building of Brooder Houses. 

 XV Poultry Appliances. 



XVI Raising Broilers. 



XVII Feeding for Eggs. 



XVIII Balanced Rations, What Are They? 



XIX Feeding the Breeders. 



XX Fattening and Preparing Fowls for Market. 



XXI Balanced Ration for Heavy Breeds. 



XXII The Mold that Injures Poultry. 



XXIII Egg Foods, or Condition Powders. 



XXIV The Value of Milk in the Poultry Yard. 



XXV The Management of Poultry During the Summer. 



XXVI The Molt in California. 



XXVII The General Purpose Fowl. 



XXVIII Capons. 



XXIX Prepotency and Prolificacy. 



XXX The Mediterranean Class. 



XXXI The American Class. 



XXXII The French Breeds. 



XXXIII The Asiatic Class. 



