CONTENTS. 



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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NECESSARY APPLIANCES TO SUC- 

 CESSFUL POULTRY BREEDING 13 



A Poultry Home. The Open Run 16 



The Glass-covered Run. The Roosting and Laying-Room. 18 



The Hatching-Room. 20 



Reference to Plan and Perspective Section of the Poultry 



Home and Vinery 20 



GENERAL RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN POULTRY BREEDING. 24 



The Laying of Eggs. 26 



The Ovarium. 27 



Natural Hatching 28 



General Observations on Poultry Food and Drink. . . 31 



The Drink for Poultry.- 31 



Food for Young Chickens 32 



The Food for the Breeding and Laying Stock. . . -32 



The Food for the Fattening Stock 33 



Preparation of the Fattening Food. Poultry Manure. . . 34 



The Feathers of Fowls. The Moulting of Fowls. . . 35 



Diseases in Poultry . -35 



Various Races of Poultry. . . . . . . . 36 



Killing and Dressing Poultry for the Market 37 



Machinery, Implements, and Utensils. .... 38 



Artificial Hatching. 38 



The Artificial Hatching-Room. 43 



Portable Artificial Hen for Hatching 45 



Artificial Poultry Hens for Rearing Chickens. ... 48 



Reference to Perspective Section of- Artificial Hen. . . 50 



Artificial Rearing Home. . . . . . . . 51 



Reference to Perspective Section of Artificial Rearing Home. 52 

 Artificial Vermin Nursery. . ... . . -53 



Improved Fattening Pens for Cramming Poultry. . . 55 



Preservation of Eggs. 56 



Whitewash. Lime Water. . ... . . . 58 



Oxide and Sulphate of Iron. General Plan of Buildings. . 59 



