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CHAPTER I. 



The Market for Poultry 1 



Fresh eggs in great demand — Best market for eariy 

 winter — Managing for eggs — The growth of the 

 industry- — Importance of good breed — Improved 

 methods of hatching and rearing— Possible limit of 

 the market — Farmers' attitude toward fowls. 



CHAPTER II. 



Branches op the Poultry Business IS 



Eggs for home use — for market — for hatching — 

 Guaranteeing hatches — Bad and good advertising — 

 Day old chicks — Broilers — Roasters — Soft Roasters 

 — Capons — Layers — Breeders for sale — Ducks — 

 Geese — Turkeys — Guineas — Squabs — Systems of 

 potiltry raising. 



CHAPTER III. 



Location and Situation 45 



Where to place houses, etc. — The soil factor — Con- 

 venience of water supply. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Poultry Quarters S3 



Styles of houses — Parts of the house — Model poultry 

 house — Open front poultry house — Knock-down 

 colony house. 



CHAPTER V. 



Poultry Fixtures and Devices 66 



Roosts — Dropping boards — Nests — Trap nests — 

 Feeding vessels — Fountains — Grit and shell recep- 

 tacles — Coops — Colony houses — Incubators and , 

 brooders — Bone and hay cutters — Grit crushers, 

 Feed mixers and cookers — Prowler traps — Egg cabi- 

 net — Poultry gates — Shipping coops — Trap nest 

 made from one board. 



