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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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 Common Sense Poultry Houses ............... ............ UBRARV 9 



What Variety to Choose .................................... . ..... ...... 18 



Eggs for Breeding ....................................... 



Eggs for Market ........................................................................................................... ........ 30 



Sprouting Oats ............................... 



Feeding Problem ................................................................................................................................... 35 



Sample Rations .......................................................................................................................................... 43 



Feeding Alfalfa .............................................. 



Breeding-in-line ....................................................................................................................................... 49 



When to Hatch .................................................................................................... .......... 56 



Fertile Eggs .......................................................................... - 60 



Testing Eggs for Incubation ........................................................................................... 62 



Natural Incubation ............................................ .................................... ......... 65 



Artificial Incubation ........................................................................................................................... 70 



Care of Brooder Chicks ........................................................... ,. ........ 



Fireicss Brooder ........................................ . ................ ........... 80 



White Diarrhoea in Brooder Chicks .................................................................................... 82 



Vigor ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 



One-Day-Old Chick Trade ........................... .............. 88 



Broiler Ranches ....................................................................................................................................... 93 



Summer Work ............... . .......................................................................................................................... 90 



Trap-Nest ...................................................................................................................................................... 94 



Grit and Gizzard . ................................................................................................................................... 98 



Pests of Poultry Yard ........................................................................................................................ 101 



Diseases of Poultry (Roup) .............................................................. 



Town Lot Fowls ............................................................................................... ................. 108 



Moulting Season .................................................................................................................................... Ill 



Value of Economy ...................................................................................... ~ ............................ 



Preserving Eggs ........................................................... - ......................................... 



Capons .................................................................................................................................... ........................... 122 



Turkeys and How to Raise Them .......................................................................................... 126 



Ducks and Their Varieties ......................................................................................................... 139 



Geese ...................................................................................................... ............................................................... 149 



Pheasants .......................................................... ................................. 152 



Guinea Fowl ..................................................................................... ............................................................ 153 



Canaries ..................................................................................... ~ ..................................................................... 155 



Basley Formulas ....................................................... . ............................................................................ 159 



Questions and Answers ......................... . ........................................................................................ 161 



Cause and Cure of Sickness ................................................................................................ 162 



Lice, Mites, Ticks and Worms ....................................................................................... 180 



Feeding in General ..................................................................................................................... 185 



Egg Question ............................................................... . ................................................................. 191 



Hatching with Incubator and Hen ........................................................................... 194 



Yard Room ............................. ......................................................................................................... 199 



Mating and Breeding ............................................................................................................... 200 



Miscellaneous Questions ................................................................................................... 201 



Turkey Questions ............................................................ ... ...................................................... 206 



About Ducks and Geese ...................................................................................................... 21 1 



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