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Salt 186 



Grain rations 193 



Feeding for meat or fattening 195 



Care of fattening fowls 197 



Cramming 198 



CHAPTER X 



INCUBATORS AND BROODERS 202-223 



Incubators in general 203 



Artificial incubation 204 



Selection of an incubator 207 



Care of incubators 212 



Brooders and brooder houses 215 



Home-made brooders 221 



CHAPTER XI 



FEEDING AND CARE OF LITTLE CHICKENS 224-239 



Food 225 



Rations 226 



Exercise 230 



Feeding-troughs and -hoppers 232 



Grit 233 



Drinking-fountains 234 



Brooders 236 



Brooder conditions 238 



CHAPTER XII 



CAPONS AND BROILERS 240-255 



Capon rearing 240 



Caponizing 249 



Preparing capons for market 250 



Broilers.. . 251 



