INDEX. 



CHAPTER I. 



Pages 



THE INDUSTRY 3-7 



Value of the industry 3 



Essentials to success , 4 



Location or site for farm 4 



Yarding 6 



Crops 7 



Shade 7 



CHAPTER II. . 



BREEDING 8-34 



Kind of stock . 8 



What variety as best 8 



How many varieties to keep ^ 8 



Vigor and type ,....... 9 



Causes of loss of vigor -..-.. 10 



Selection of parent stock 11 



Breeding for winter layers 12 



How to control the sex ..,.. 12 



Breeding pen should be trapnested 12 



Scrubs vs. pure breeds 13 



Constitutional vigor 16 



Selection of eggs for hatching 21 



Selection of baby chicks 21 



Breeding for egg production 29 



How to line breed 31 



Cross breeding 33 



Grading up the farm flock 34 



CHAPTER III. 



HOUSING 35-53 



Essentials of house construction 35 



Nest boxes 36-38 



Roosts 38, 39 



Droppings boards 37,38 



Concrete floors 36 



Feed bins 38 



Free range vs. confinement 39 



Laying house for large egg farms 41 



Open front fresh air house 45 



Semi-monitor top house 46 



Shed roof open air house 48 



Scratching shed house 48 



Suggestions for breeding and laying houses 50 



A good poultry house 51 



Modern colony house , 52 



