ILLUSTRATIONS 



Dark Brahma Male . . . . . Frontispiece 



Continuous piano-box poultry house, in course of 

 construction and its completed state Facing page 6 



A game of seesaw . . . . Facing page 12 



The colony system of housing poultry in practical 

 use . . . . . . Facing page 40 



The type of outdoor brooder in most successful use on 



the author's poultry plant . . Facing page 76 



Modern continuous house, No. i Modern continuous 

 house, No. 2 Modern continuous house, No. 3 

 A poultry house behind the times. Between pages 36-37 



A nest perfectly satisfactory to both hen and attendant. 

 Made from a grocery box costing five cents A 

 simple and satisfactory roost Hennery outfit with 

 slanting droppings platform Hennery outfit with 

 horizontal droppings platform Drinking fountain 

 and home-made self-feeding hopper A "wall" 

 drinking fountain and a boughten self-feeding 

 hopper made of galvanized iron. Between pages 68-69 



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