ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS 



Figures. Page. 



1. A Bronze Turkey Hen 8 



2. A Cold Storage for Eggs and Dressed Poultry .... 12 



3. The Sections of the Male Fowl 15 



4- A Bufif Plymouth Rock Cockerel and the Cup He Won . 18 



5. A Pair of Indian Runner Ducks 19 



6. A Pen of Prize- Winning Light Brahmas 20 



7. A Barred Plymouth Rock Hen 21 



8. A Barred Plymouth Rock Male . . .... 22 



9. A Dark Cornish Hen 23 



10. A Two-Vear-Old White Plymouth Rock Male ■ • • 24 



11. A First Prize Winning Single-Comb Rhode Island Red 



Male Bird ... 25 



12. A North Carolina State Poultry Club Member's Flock of 



Single-Comb Rhode Island Reds . . 26 



13. A Graph Illustrating Increase in Egg Production ... 28 



14. A Utility Single-Comb White Leghorn . . .... 29 



15. A Cull Single-Comb White Leghorn, Showing Weak Vigor 30 



16. Two Years from Pure Bred to Mongrels 33 



17-18. Diagrams of an Open-Front Poultry House, Showing Cur- 

 rents of Air 39-40 



19. Diagrams of a Poultry House 46-47 



20. A Grain Storage Bin . . 49 



21. End of a Grain Storage Bin and of a Dry Mash Hopper . 50 



22. Diagram of Nests 51 



23. The Droppings Box and Scrape 52 



24. The Digestive and Respiratory Tracts of a Fowl ... 63 



25. A Graph Showing the Average Percentage of Eggs to 



Expect . . . ... ... 76 



26. A Graph Showing the Fluctuation of the Price of Eggs . "jy 



27. A Graph Showing Egg Production Necessary to Pay . . 78 



28. A Home-Made Candler . . 79 



29-30. The Combination Sitting and Brooding Coop 83-84 



31-32. An Oil-Burning Incubator 90-91 



33. A-Diagrara of Hover and Range House 93-94 



34. A View of an Outdoor Mash Hopper 99 



