one branch of the industry — egg production — to which single line of 

 poultry farming the work of this experiment station has been almost 

 exclusively devoted. The conclusions presented will be based for 

 the most part upon our own experience and experiments ; but through 

 the courtesy of Director C. D. Woods, of the Maine Experiment Sta- 

 tion, it is possible to include also the conclusions of the experts of 

 that station upon a number of important points — chief among them : 

 the problems of housing and the value of the dry mash system of 

 feeding. 



The different phases of the general subject will be discussed under 

 the following headings : 



How to House the Stock. 



The Breed to Select. 



Hatching and Rearing the Laying Stock. 



Experiments in Egg Production. 



Feeding for Eggs. 



General Care. 



How to House the Stock. . * 



Under this topic will be considered : 



The Location of Poultry Houses. 



Close vs. Open Houses, or Pure Air for Poultry. 



The Maine Houses. 



The Station Houses. 



The Tolman House. 



The Portable Brooder House (Maine). 



Movable Coops. 



The Location of Poultry Houses. 



The selection of the best possible site for poultry houses is a mat- 

 ter of prime importance. Comparatively few realize the extent of 

 the variation in local climate in places which may be only short dis- 

 tances apart. The writer lives upon the southern slope of a hill, 

 wooded to the west and north, in a house lying at an elevation of 

 less than one hundred feet above the College hot houses, which are 

 not a stone's throw distant. During every extremely cold period 

 the average temperature in the shade is four to five degrees higher 

 at his home than at the hot houses. In the hottest weather of the 



