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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Anconas 534 



Redcaps 534 



Hamburgs 534 



Ornamental Breeds 535 



Polish 535 



Crevecoeurs 536 



La Fleche 539 



Games and Game Bantams. . . . 539 



Bantams 539 



Rose Comb Bantams 539 



Incubation 540 



The Hens 540 



Eggs for Hatching 541 



Color of Eggs 542 



Operations 543 



Periods of Incubation 543 



Natural Incubation 544 



Breeds Best for 545 



Nests 545 



Sitting Hens 546 



Lice and Mites 546 



Artificial Incubation 547 



Machines 547 



Hot-air 547 



Hot-water 547 



Burners 548 



Chimney 549 



Body 549 



Nursery 550 



Thermometer 552 



Regulator 553 



Moisture 557 



Defects 557 



Good Points 557 



Incubators, How Operated. 

 557-566 



Brooding 566 



Natural Brooding 566 



Brooders 567 



Temperature 568 



The Chicks 569 



Feeding the Chicks 570 



Care 575 



Feeding Systems 575, 579 



Dry Feeding 576 



Mash Feeding 577 



Other Feeds 578 



Green Feed 573 



Hay 573 



Milk, Grits, Etc 579 



Feeding Methods 580 



Rations 58o 



Other Considerations 581 



Broilers 582 



Roasters 582 



Notes on Egg Production 583 



Authorities on Poultry 534 



Fattening Poultry 584 



Pen Methods 584 



C ; at e 584 



Machine 534 



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Hand 585 



Feed 585 



Poultry Houses 585 



Location 586 



Climate 586 



Size 586 



Roof 587 



Ventilation 588 



Fresh Air Houses 589 



Floors 590 



Walls 590 



Perches 593 



Nests 594 



Dusts 595 



Water 595 



Authorities on Houses 595 



Yarding 595 



Turkeys 596 



Wild 596 



Mexican 596 



Ocellated 596 



Inbreeding 597 



Market Weights 597 



Standard Varieties of Turkeys. 598 



Bronze 598 



Narragansett 599 



Buff 599 



Slate 599 



White 600 



Black 600 



Selecting Turkey Stock 601 



Males 601 



Females 601 



Pairing 602 



Insect Pests 602 



Incubation 602 



Brooders 602 



Feeds 603 



Dry Picking 603 



Ducks . . . r. : 603 



Varieties 603 



White Pekin 603 



White Aylesbury 604 



Colored Rouen 604 



Black Cayuga 605 



Colored Muscovy 605 



White Muscovy 605 



Indian Runner 606 



Gray Call 606 



White Call 606 



Management of Ducks 606 



Buildings 607 



Feeds 608 



Grits 611 



Incubation 611 



Ducklings 612 



Geese 612 



Gray Toulouse 612 



White Embden 612 



Gray African 613 



Brown Chinese 613 



White Chinese 13 



