CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Introduction . 3 



Poultry Hygiene and Sanitation 3 



Poultry House Hygiene and Sanitation 4 



Hygienic Feeding 9 



The Land 12 



Exercise 14 



External Parasites 14 



Disposal of Dead Birds 14 



Isolation of Sickness 18 



The Essentials of Poultry Hygiene 18 



The Selection of Breeding Stock 19 



Raising Chickens by Natural Processes 21 



Raising . Chickens by Artificial Processes 23 



The Incubator . , 23 



The Incubator Room 24 



Brooder Houses 26 



A Fresh Air Brooder 28 



Construction of Fresh Air Brooder 2)2) 



Treatment of Young Chicks 36 



Feeds and Feeding 37 



Feeding Young Chickens 37 



Feeding Chickens on the Range 42 



The Feeding Trough 43 



An Improved Range Feeding Trough 44 



Feeding the Cockerels for Market 48 



Feeding the Laying Pullets ' 51 



Feeding the Hens, Cockerels and Cocks Kept Over Winter 



for Breeding Purposes 56 



Green Food for Poultry 57 



The Preparation of Green Sprouted Oats 59 



Housing the Hens 64 



The Roosting Closet House 65 



The Abandonment of the Roosting Closet 66 



Ciirtain Front Houses 67 



Advantages of Curtain Front Houses 72> 



The Yards 75 



Lice 77 



Natural Enemies of Poultry 83 



Trapnests '. 87 



The Value, Method of Preservation, and Economical Use of Hen 



Manure 91 



The Maine Station Manure Shed 94 



