CONTENTS. 



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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 iS 



Isolation of Sickness 15 



The essentials of Poultry Hygiene 15 



The Selection of Breeding Stock 16 



Raising Chickens by Natural Processes 18 



Raising Chickens by Artificial Processes 20 



The Incubator 20 



The Incubator Room 2^ 



Brooder Houses 23 



A Fresh Air Brooder 25 



Construction of Fresh Air Brooder '30 



Treatment of Young Chicks 33 



Feeds and Feeding 34 



Feeding Young Chickens 34 



Feeding Chickens on the Range 39 



The Feeding Trough 40 



Feeding the Cockerels for Market 41 



Feeding and Laying Pullets 43 



Feeding the Hens, Cockerels and Cocks Kept Over Win- 

 ter for Breeding Purposes 48 



The Preparation of Green Sprouted Oats 50 



Housing the Hens 55 



The Roosting Closet House 55 



The Abandonment of the Roosting Closet 56 



Curtain Front Houses 57 



Advantages of Curtain Front Houses 65 



The Yards 67 



Lice 67 



Trapnests y;^ 



