B Contents. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE ERECTION OP POULTRY HOUSES. 



PAOK 

 Material to be Used - Tenant's Fixtures — Too Large Houses Objectionable 

 — Foundation— Saving of Timber — Frame-Work —Windows and Doors 

 — Ventilation — Floors — Artificial Heating . .... 37 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE FITTINGS AND RUNS. 



Perches — Nest Boxes — Sheds — Unfenced Runs— Space to be Given — 



48 



CHAPTER VII. 



MORE ABOUT HOUSES AND RUNS. 



Effect of Confinement— Houses on Wheels — The Best Plan for Farms — Use 

 of Fruit Trees in Kuns — Kinds of Trees to Plant — Fruit BusheB — 

 Other Aids 56 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CHICKEN-HOUSES. 



Early Chickens — Position of Chicken House— The Attendant's House — 

 Gravel and Grass Run — The House — Floor — Provision against Rats — 

 Size of House 63 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE KIND OP POWLS TO KEEP. 



Choice of Breeds — Errors in Selection — Cross and pure bred Fowls — Breeds 

 to be chosen — Confinement or liberty— Hardy Breeds — Non-sitting 

 Breeds — Table Fowls — Sitters and Mothers — General utility Fowls . 69 



CHAPTER X. 



THE BREEDS OP POULTRY. 



Andalnsians — Aseels — Bantams — Brahmas — Cochins — Dominiques — Dork- 

 ings — French — Game — Hamburghs — Langshans— Leghorns — Malays 

 — Minorcas — Plymouth Rocks — Polish — Scotch Greys — Spanish — 

 Silkies 79 



CHAPTER XI. 



CROSS-BRED POULTRY. 



Farm-fard Mongrels — First Cross only to be Used — Value of Cross-breeding 

 — Pure-bred Fowls to be the Foundation — Sale of Ej;gs and Chickens 

 — Methods of Cross-breeding — Some Crosses — Improving present 

 Stocks . . .• , . .125 



