CONTENTS. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 



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CHAPTER L INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... 1 



Neglect of Poultry -breeding Profit of Poultry -keeping "Value 

 to the Farmer Poultry Shows Cottage Poultry. 



CHAPTER IL THE FOWL-HOUSE ... ... ... ... 5 



Size of the House Brick and Wood Cheap Houses The Roof 

 Ventilation Light Warmth The Flooring Perches MOT- 

 able Frame Roosts for Cochin- Chinas and Brahma-Pootras Nests 

 for laying Cleanliness Fowls' Dung Doors and Entrance-holes 

 Lime-washing Fumigating Raising Chickens under Glass. 



CHAPTER III. THE FOWL-YARD ... ... ... ... 18 



Soil Situation Covered Run Pulverised Earth for deodorising 

 Diet for confined Fowls Height of Wall, &c. Preventing 

 Fowls from flying The Dust-heap Material for Shells Gravel 

 The Gizzard The Grass Run. 



CHAPTER IY. FOOD 27 



Table of relative constituents and qualities of Food Barley 

 Wheat Oats Meal Refuse Corn Boiling Grain Indian Corn, 

 or Maize Buckwheat Peas, Beans and Tares Rice Hempseed 

 Linseed Potatoes Roots Soft Food Variety of Food 

 Quantity Mode of Feeding Number of Meals Grass and 

 Vegetables Insects Worms Snails and Slugs Animal Food 

 Water Fountains. 



