CONTENTS 
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The High Grade Egg Business..............eee008 152 
Buying Eggs by Weight............eseeeenecees «. 156 
The Retailing of Eggs by the Producer............ 156 
The Price of ESSs's sissies ssass snes ss dee oe ea cess 157 
N. Y. Mercantile Exchange, Official Quotations.... 161 
CHAPTER XIII 
BREEDS OF CHICKENS..........:c cee cee cecsceseeeee 163 
BECO TOSS i saacreve Sapna 5. a csheraads ace pvatels gdnanciaceceepuensae be wie 163 
The Hen’s Ancestors ...... ec eee eee ec cere ne eeeee 165 
What: Breed? a ei ccsa canine vais cielo os eens ae SHS ren 169 
CHAPTER XIV 
PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BREEDING............. 171 
Breeding. aS an AYMtisivcecsseccivsveavsacvevriicaes 172 
Scientific Theories of Breeding.................4- 173 
Breeding for Egg Production ..............-...0405 176 
CHAPTER XV 
EXPERIMENT STATION WORK............0cceeeeceee 180 
The Stations Leading in Poultry Work............ 180 
The Story of the “Big Coon”..........e cece ee eeaee 182 
Important Experimental Results at the Illinois 
Station. +. sce vcs« seers wens sews bee y bees 185 
Experimental Bias ........... cece eee eee eeees 186 
The Hgg Breeding Work at the Maine Station..... 188 
CHAPTER XVI 
POULTRY ON THE GENERAL FARM................. 193 
Best Breeds for the Farm .............c.ceeeeeee 193 
Keep Only Workers.............ccccescecccneenes 195 
Hatching Chicks with Hemns...............0.ceeees 196 
Incubators on the Farm............ cee cece e cence 197 
Rearing: ‘Chicks) cso os eee ee edacaades soe sake 199 
Feeding Laying Hens..............cccece cee eccs 202 
Cleanliness. sccissssawass sees seve oo sees 8s ieee oare 203 
Farm Chicken Houses ..:.......csecereevees weeee 204 
