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CHAPTER VII 



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BUILDINGS: INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS AND YARDS 123-142 



Construction of perches 123 



Nests 126 



Drinking-fountains 130 



Dust-boxes 133 



Yards and parks 135 



Orchards as ranges 140 



CHAPTER VIII 



IMPROVEMENT AND BREEDING OF FOWLS 143-170 



Selection 143 



Selecting eggs 145 



Breeding 152 



Heredity 152 



Variation 154 



In-and-in-breeding 157 



Cross-breeding 160 



Pure-bred stock 163 



Improvement of common fowls 165 



Breed for utility 168 



CHAPTER IX 



FEEDING FOR EGGS AND FOR MEAT 171-201 



Exercise 172 



Quality of food 172 



Forced feeding for eggs 174 



Grain food 175 



Green food 179 



Meat food, 182 



Lime.., . 185 



