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CHAPTER XI. 



IMarketJMethods.-.-. 189 



Marking and shipping — Dressed poultry — Selecting 

 stock for market — Killing and dressing — Packing for 

 shipment — Cold storage poultry and eggs — Egg 

 \ marketing methods — How to improve — Co-operative 



poultry associations — Honesty essential to success — 

 Preservation of eggs — New York State experiments 

 , — Egg gathering. , 



CHAPTER Xn. 



'Essentials of Poultry Fattening 216 



Desirable type of fowl — Feeds for fattening — 

 Methods of killing. 



CHAPTER Xni. 



Health and Sanitation 221 



Penalties for uncleanness — Disinfection — Remedies 

 vs. preventivies — Identifjdng diseases — Cholera — 

 Diarrhea — Feather pulling — Roup — Pests — ^Mites — 

 Lice — Worms. 



CHAPTER XiV. 



"Water Fowl 238 



Ducks — Care of ducklings — Localities for duck 

 yards — Cleanliness essential^ — Hatching in incu- 

 bators — Selection of breeders — Breeds of ducks — 

 Geese — Geese need pasturage — Profits in goose 

 growing — Selecting breeders — Rearing goslings — 

 Breeds of geese — Goose and duck feathers. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Turkeys 264 



Range essential'— Temporary confinement — ^The lay- 

 ing seasons-Hatching-— Rearing — Feeds — Profits in 

 -turkey raising — Varieties of turkeys. 



