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 CHAPTER VI. 



Breeding and Breeds 77 



What to select — Causes of failure — Utility breeding 

 — Line breeding — Common mistakes in breeding 

 Importance of constitutional vigor — Danger of in- 

 creased productiveness — Value of vigorous parents 

 — Experiments prove theory — Requisites of the 

 trap nest — Kind of fowl to keep — Barred Plymouth 



I Rock — Leghorn fowls — Light Brahma — Wyandotte 

 — Rhode Island Red — Other breeds. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Feeding and Feeds 112 



Feed afiects quantity of eggs — What hens put in 

 eggs — Composition of poultry feeds — Nutritive ratio 

 — ^Individual feeds — Importance of animal feeds — 

 Green feed essential — Necessity for grit — Value of 

 method — Grain ground or unground — Dry mash or 

 wet mash — ^Value of skim milk — Feeding capons. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Egg Production 141 



Hens total yearly production — Selecting layers — 

 Laying ability improved — Management of laying 

 stock — Spring and summer care — Autumn care of 

 layers — Gentleness afiects egg yield — Broodiness a 

 natural characteristic — Record of 600 hens. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Incubation 159 



Interior structure and development of egg — Why 

 exercise care in handling — Shipping eggs for hatch- 

 ing — Classes of incubators — Moisture essential — 

 Methods of management — Testing the eggs — Care 



, of incubators. 



CHAPTER X. 



Rearing 175 



Managing the brooder — Compare natural methods — 

 How often to feed — Rearing chicks with hen — 

 Chickens in hot weather — Care of little chicks 



