Table of Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Acknowledgment and Explanation ... 5 



I. Making a Beginning 9-24 



II. Housing and Yarding 25-39 



III. Incubation 40- 63 



IV. Brooding 64-81 



V. Feeding 82-113 



VI. Breeding 114-131 



VII. Marketing 132-141 



VIII. Sanitation and Hygiene 142-159 



IX. Fixtures and Conveniences 160-169 



X. Diseases and Vices 170-196 



XII. Ducks and Geese 213-224 



XL Turkeys 197-212 



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Double Runs at Front of House (Fig. 3) 26 



Double Runs, Front and Rear (Fig. 4) 26 



Triple Yard System (Fig. 5) 27 



Canvas Covered Scratching Shed (Fig. 8) 32 



Framework for Portable Colony House (Fig. 9) 33 



Floor Plan for Double House (Fig. 13) 36 



Housing and Yarding (Fig. 16) 37 



Diagram Showing Air Cells (Fig. 19) 60 



Toe Markings (Fig. 20) 62 



Coop for Chicks (Fig. 23) 79 



Felch Line Breeding Chart (Fig. 27) 122 



Feed Hopper (Figs. 28 and 29) 138 



Diagram Missouri Trapnest (Fig. 39) 167 



Homemade Trapnest 168, 169 



