'The first farmer was the first man, and all historic 

 nobility rests on possession and use of land." 



— Emerson 



LIPPINCOTT'S 

 FARM MANUALS 



EDITED BY 



KARY C. DAVIS, Ph.D. (Cornell) 



PROFESSOR OF AGRONOMY AND PRINCIPAL OF THE SHORT COURSES. 

 NEW JERSEY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (RUTGERS). 



PRODUCTIVE 

 POULTRY HUSBANDRY 



By harry R. lewis, B.S., xM.Agr. 



POULTRY HUSBANDMAN OF THE NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION' PRO- 

 FESSOR OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY, NEW JERSEY STATE UNIVERSITY (RUTGERS); 

 FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE OF THE BARON DE HIRSCH 

 AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL; MEMBER INTERNATIONAL ASSO- 

 CIATION OF POULTRY INSTRUCTORS AND INVES- 

 TIGATORS; LIFE MEMBER AMERICAN 

 POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 



