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The Author Frontisipece 



FACING PAGE 



Lady Show- You 9 



Scratching-Shed House (Fig. 1) 25 



Shed-Roof Colony House (Fig. 2) 25 



Colony Houses (Fig. 6) 29 



Colony House with Scratching Shed (Fig. 7) . . 29 



Interior of Laying House (Fig. 10) 33 



Front of Model Scratching-Shed House (Fig. 14) 36 



Rear of Model Scratching-Shed (Fig. 15) 40 



Hatching and Brooding Coop (Fig. 21) 60 



Brooder House and Runs (Fig. 22) 60 



Brooder House, 1200 Chick Capacity (Fig. 11) . 64 



Simplest Form of Long House (Fig. 12) 64 



Breeding House. Adjustable Doors (Fig. 17) . 82 



Portable Tarred Paper House (Fig. 18) 82 



First Feed for Baby Chicks (Fig. 32) 99 



Home Made Trough and Fountains (Fig. 33) .. 99 



Typical White Leghorn (Fig. 24) 114 



Pullet of High Vitality (Fig. 25) 114 



Rose Comb White Leghorn (Fig. 26) 114 



Movable Hopper (Fig. 30) 160 



Feed Hopper for Baby Chicks (Fig. 31) 160 



Broody Coop (Fig. 34) 162 



Brood Coop of Grocer's Box (Fig. 35) 165 



Jug Mother (Fig. 36) 165 



Oregon Trapnest (Fig. 37) 168 



Missouri Trapnest (Fig. 38) 168 



Most Profitable Crop (Fig. 42) 197 



White Diarrhea Chicks (Fig. 40) 213 



Aylesbury Ducks (Fig. 41) 213 



