ON A TOWN LOT. 



CONTENTS 



Chapter I — THE KOAD TO SUCrrSS 11 



I'raitic-U information^Solecting I lie brcea — Start on srDall Mt-ale — 

 T'igcons — Buy good stock to start with — At tin- poultry shows — 

 Advertising pays well — Importance of advertising — Doubled my ca- 

 pacily each year — Selecling the variety — Jly actual experience step 

 by step — Living on a town lot — A little paradise in five years. 



Chapter II— INCCBATOIiS AND BKOODEKS 19 



Placing the eggs in the incubatnr — Importance of cooling the eggs — 

 Running the incubator the right temperature — Keep the brooder clean 

 — rreparing the brooder for the chicks. 



Chapter III— CARE OF CHICKS 23 



Don't chill the youns chicks — Right temperature thi' third and fourth 

 weeks — f'eeding the young chicks — (Jreen food necessary for young 

 chicks — Charcoal and grit important — Sprouted oats a great egg 

 producer — Perfect winter quarters — Automatic feeders for growing 

 stock — Don't force the breeders. 



Chapter IV— POULTRY HOUSES 31 



Open air houses most satisfactory — Birds singing in zero weather — 

 The ideal chicken park — The netrssity of cleanliness — My first eggs 

 four months — Imported the best stock obtainable — IIow I commenced 

 advertising — Jly first order for hatching egys — Chickens laying all tall 

 and winter — Increasing ad^'ertisiug Increases business — Good results 

 at end of year. 



Chapter V— PLEASURE AND PROFIT 33 



Sales ^\},oloAH) sixth .\ear — Gives up everything for chickens — A 

 square deal for everybody — Building up a good character — The science 

 of salesmanship — The four stages of salesmanship — Good stationery 

 and catalog important — Found it necessary to move to a farm. 



Chapter VI— "WHAT TO DO EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 45 



Care of young stock — Houses thoroughly cleaned and sprayi'd — Orders 

 and shipments — How to ship the birds — Birds need extra care in 

 November — Getting the birds ready for the show room. 



Chapter VII— MATING STOCK 51 



The male is half the breeding pen — Catalog and mating list — shipment 

 of eggs and baby chicks — How to ship baby chicks — A colony house 

 from a piano box — .lunc end of hatching season — The pleasant smile. 



Chapter VIII— THE AMERICAN QUEEN 59 



lioDil time til get interested in poultry — Possibilities of tlu' hen — 

 Poultry business offers grand opportunities. 



Chapter IX— ORIGIN ( iF ANCONAS 63 



Color of the Ancona — Shape — Habits — The fancier's fowl — As a 

 utility fowl. 



