TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Management of Geese 613 



Mating and Setting 614 



Feeding and Dressing 615 



Guinea Fowls 616 



Varieties 616 



Habits 616 



Feeds 617 



Markets 617 



Squab Raising 617 



Houses 617 



Xest Boxes 618 



Fly 618 



Pigeons 618 



Breeding 618 



Feeding 618 



Killing 619 



Dressing 619 



Ostrich Farming 619 



Eggs 619 



Incubator 619 



Feeds . . 619 



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Plucking 619 



Handling 620 



Profits 620 



Capons and Caponizing 620 



What Is a Capon? 620 



Time to Caponize 621 



Instruments 621 



Markets 621 



Picking 622 



Dressing 622 



Scalding 622 



Packing 622 



Bad Habits 623 



Shipping 623 



Deteriorated Eggs 623 



Bad Eggs 624 



Summary 625 



Care of Eggs 625 



Selection 625 



Storing 626 



Part VI. 

 OTHER ANIMALS. 



Birds 630 



Hawks and Owls 631 



Warblers 632 



Thrushes 633 



Titmice 633 



Swallows 633 



Doves 634 



Cuckoos 634 



Woodpeckers 634 



Nighthawks 634 



Kingbirds 635 



Phcebes 635 



Crows 635 



Meadowlarks 635 



Catbirds 635 



Robins 636 



Blackbirds 636 



Orioles 636 



Bobolinks 636 



Blue Jays 636 



Quails 637 



Grouses 637 



Sparrows 637 



Cranes 639 



Herons 639 



Birds as Insect Destroyers 639 



Birds Protected from Man... 641 



Birds Attracted to Farms 641 



Crops Protected from Birds... 642 

 Farmers' Gain from Protection 642 



Pheasant Raising 642 



Species of Pheasants 642 



Acclimatization 643 



Methods of Propagation 644 



Stock 647 



Prices 647 



Pens 647 



Food 648 



Care 648 



Honey Bees 648 



Apiaries 649 



Bee Habits 649 



Handling Bees 650 



Honey Production 650 



Other Animal Life 651 



Toads 651 



Bats : 652 



Silk Worms 652 



Deer 652 



Silver Foxes 653 



Elk 653 



Mosquitoes 654-666 



Horse Flies 666 



Field Mice 667 



Jack Rabbits 668 



Rabbits 669 



Rats 672 



Prairie Dogs 673 



Ground Squirrels 674 



Coyotes 674 



Gophers 675 



Muskrats 675 



Ants . 676 



