List of Illustrations 



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Single Comb White Leghorn pullet Frontispiece 



Australia beats United States in egg production 8 



Crate for chick shipping 25 



Elevated water can 26 



Compact house for small space 29 



Coop for broodies 32 



Barred Plymouth Rock hen halftone insert 



Light Brahma cock halftone insert 



Lice preventer 35 



System of watering 46 



Side hill poultry house SO 



Water pail support 51 



T. W. Griffin's poultry house 5S 



Fresh air poultry house 60 



Ground plan of house 61 



Knock down colony house 63, 64 



Vermin-proof roost 67 



Handy nests , 68 



Simple trap nest 69 



Feed-saving hopper 70 



Double brood coop 71 



Trap for prowlers , 72 



Collapsible coop - 73 



Hen gate 74 



Treddle trap nest 74 



Board marked for trap nest 76 



Breeding chart 83 



Portable run for chicks 84 



Poultry house elevation and ground plan 85 



Ventilating door ; 86 



Robust and inferior types of fowls 94 



Double trap nest 100 



Releasing trap nest. , 101 



Frame and coop 101 



Protected water pan Ill 



Raw material, egg machine and finished product 112 



Stove pipe hopper ,... 114 



Hoppers reached from alley 120 



Green feed free 123 



Qrit or shell hopper 125 



Feed hopper 128 



Ground plan of house and yard 129 



