CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



PAGE 



THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OP POULTRY, WITH A VIEW TO PROFIT : 

 Chapter I. Houses, Runs, and Appliances necessary to keeping 



Poultry with. Success ... ... 1 



Chapter II. The System of Operations, and Selection of Stock 12 

 Chapter in. The Feeding and General Management of Adult 



Fowls 18 



Chapter IV. Incubation 32 



Chapter V. The Rearing and Fattening of Chickens 41 



Chapter VI. Poultry on the Farm 60 



Chapter VH. Artificial Hatching 70 



Chapter VIII. Rearing Chickens Artificially 86 



Chapter IX. Diseases of Poultry 93 



SECTION H. 

 THE BREEDING AND EXHIBITION OP PRIZE POULTRY: 



Chapter X. Yards and Accommodation adapted for Breeding 



Prize Poultry 101 



Chapter XI. The Scientific Principles of Breeding ... ... 108 



Chapter XII. The Practical Selection and Care of Breeding 



Stock, and the Rearing of Chickens for Exhibition 118 



Chapter XIII. The Preparation of Fowls for Exhibition, and 



Various Matters connected -with Shows 130 



