CONTENTS 



CHAPTER X 



EGG LAYING RATIONS 146 



Selection of a ration Balanced rationsThe nutritive 

 ratio Value of animal protein feeds Vegetable protein 

 feeds Commercial scratch mixtures and mashes Effect 

 of feed on quality of eggs 



CHAPTER XI 



FEEDING AND FATTENING CHICKENS 156 



Feeding baby chicks Feed for growing chickens Fatten- 

 ing poultry for market Best chickens to fatten 

 Method of pen fattening Crate fattening Fattening 

 hens Fattening rations Feather picking Length of 

 fattening period Cramming poultry Best time to mar- 

 ket poultry Selling hens alive Shrinkage in dress- 

 ing poultry Feeding and shipping live poultry 

 CHAPTER XII 



MANAGEMENT OF LAYING STOCK . . 182 



Value of early hatching Exercise Use of artificial 

 lights Kind of light to use Forcing the molt and feed- 

 ing during the summer Culling and selection of stock 

 Difference in methods of feeding hens and pullets Man- 

 agement of breeding stock and male birds Management 

 of broody hens 



CHAPTER XIII 



FEEDING DUCKS, GEESE, TURKEYS, PIGEONS AND CAPONS . . 194 

 The feeding of ducks Feeding ducklings Feeding breed- 

 ing and laying ducks Feeding geese Feeding the gos- 

 lings Preparing for market Noodling geese Feeding 

 turkeys Feeding turkey poults Fattening turkeys 

 Feeding pigeons Feeding squab breeders Composition 

 of pigeon feedstuffs Feeding flying pigeons Feeding 

 capons 



CHAPTER XIV 



PROFIT AND ECONOMY IN POULTRY FEEDING 214 



Feed cost of producing eggs Feed consumed per dozen 

 eggs at Government poultry- farm and at egg-laying 

 contests Monthly record of total feed consumed per 

 dozen eggs and egg yield per hen at the Government farm 

 Feed cost of growing chickens Feed required to grow 

 chickens Normal weight of growing chickens Labor 

 cost of producing eggs Growing crops on poultry 

 farms Care of yards and ranges Oat sprouters Labor- 

 saving devices 



APPENDIX ....* 236 



Table I Egg Laying Rations; Table II Composition 

 and Digestible Nutrients of Poultry Feeds 



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