CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. WHAT MAKES A POULTRYMAN? i 



II. MAKING THE REAL START 9 



III. CHOOSING AMONG THE BREEDS .... 20 



IV. HATCHING AND BROODING WITH THE MOTHER 



HEN . . 33 



V. BEGINNING ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION . . .51 



VI. HANDLING AND FEEDING THE YOUNG FROM MA- 

 CHINES ..... ... -63 



VII. STUDYING FEEDING VALUES . . . . -75 



VIII. A STUDY OF JUICY FEEDS 92 



IX. HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE 103 



X. MOLDS, SMUTS, AND BACTERIA . . . -113 



XL MEDICINES, DISINFECTANTS, AND INSECTICIDES . 124 



XII. METHODS OF CIRCUMVENTING VERMIN . . -131 



XIII. TYPES OF MODERN HOUSING. . . . . 147 



XIV. HOME-MADE CONVENIENCES 166 



XV. THE IDEAL BIRD 177 



XVI. LINE BREEDING AND MENDEL'S LAW . . .186 



XVII. RECORDS FOR FUTURE STUDY .... 199 



XVIII. PROFIT AND Loss 211 



XIX. COST OF PRODUCING EGGS, CHICKS, AND FOWLS . 222 



XX. STUDYING EGGS ....... 244 



XXL THE FIELD OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD OF PER- 

 FECTION, AND THE ASSOCIATION . . . 254 



XXII. POULTRY SCHOOLS . 267 



XXIII. PRACTICAL LAYING CONTESTS . . . .287 



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