ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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The Farm Flock Frontispiece 



1. Agricultural "Gospel" Train 2 



2. A Type of Poultry Educational Exhibit 3 



3. Students Constructing a Poultry House 4 



4. Students Killing and Picking Poultry 5 



5. A Modern Farm Poultry Plant 8 



6. Distribution of Poultry in the United States 10 



7. Noted Centres of Poultry Production 11 



8. A Typical Farm Flock in the Middle West 12 



9. A Large Laying Flock, Petaluma, California 13 



10. A Large Breeding Flock, Petaluma, California 13 



11. Interior of Commercial Hatchery, Petaluma, California 13 



12. A General View in the Petaluma District 14 



13. A Laying House Common in the Vineland District, N. J 15 



14. Each House is a 200-bird Unit (Vineland) 16 



15. A House Holding 1000 Birds at Vineland 16 



16. Scenes from the Little Compton District, R. 1 17 



17. Roaster Growing by Intensive Methods, South Shore District 18 



18. Well-grown South Shore Roasters 18 



19. Incubator Cellar, South Shore District 19 



20. Poultry Plant of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture 20 



21. Refrigerator Car for Shipping Dressed Poultry and Eggs 21 



22. Car for Shipping Live Poultry. 21 



23. A Farm for Intensive Egg Production 27 



24. A Farm for the Production of Fancy Poultry 27 



25. Poultry on a Yorkshire Farm, England 36 



26. Plant of a Fancy Poultry Keeper in England 36 



27. An English Scene of Intensive Poultry Keeping 37 



28. A Typical Danish Poultry House 38 



29. A Danish Egg-grading and Packing Room 39 



30. Rural Trolley Express 43 



31. Systems of Poultry Farming 45 



32. Large Community Poultry House 46 



33. Semi-community Poultry Plant , 47 



34. Colony Houses for Poultry on Extensive Range 47 



35. Ideal Location for Poultry Farming 49 



36. Houses and Yards on a Hillside, Giving Good Drainage 51 



37. Gallus Bankiva Pair 63 



38. A Pair of Aseel Fowls 64 



39. Shapes of American Breeds 68 



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