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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE SYMPOSIUMS 



The questions contained in the different Symposiums, together with the "iip-es on which their answers will be found are: 



I —VALUE OF STANDARD BREDS 



PAGES 



12-15 



Q. 1. What was the highest cash price you ever paid for 

 a single specimen of standard-bred fowl? What was the highest 

 price ever paid by you for two speciniens? For three? For 

 more than three on one order, stating number bought, and 

 price paid? 



Q. 2. What was the highest cash price you ever paid for 

 standard-bred eggs for hatching, stating number and price? 



Q. 3. What was the highest cash price you ever received 

 for a single specimen of standard-bred fowl? 



Q. 4. Why were you able to obtain the above named 

 prices, i. e., what special merit did the specimen possess? (Note: 

 ....if it had received a high score, state score, tell by whom 

 scored, also where and when. If it had won prizes, state where 

 and when. 



Q. 5. Please state highest average price you ever received 

 for any three standard-bred fowls of exhibition quality, sold 

 by you since you have been in the poultry business. 



Q. 6. Please state highest average price you ever re- 

 ceived for any five standard-bred fowls of exhibition quality, 

 sold by you since you have been in the poultry business. 



Q. "'. Please state highest average price you ever re- 

 ceived for any ten standard-bred fowls of exhibition quality, 

 sold by you since you have been in the poultry business. 



Q. .8. Please state highest average price you ever re- 



. ceived for any twenty-five standard-bred fowls of exhibition 



quahty, sol^ by you since you have been in the poultry business. 



II —STARTING IN THE BUSINESS 



16-51 



Suppose you possessed your present knowledge of the poultry 

 business and were about to begin again: 



Q. 9. Would you buy eggs or fowls with which to start? 



Q. 10. What would be your reason? 



Q. 11. What course would you advise for the farmer who 

 wishes to improve his flock of mongrels by the addition of pure- 

 bred blood with the object of raising better poultry for market? 



Q. 12. What course for the farmer who wishes to raise 

 and sell fancy poultry as well as poultry for market? 



Q. 13. What course for the beginner with ample funds 

 who wishes to keep a limited number of fine fowls and breed 

 exhibition specimens? 



1^' 1^ Q. 14. What course for the beginner without much 

 money to invest who wishes to go into the fancy poultry business? 



Q. 15. What course for the beginner with ample funds 

 who wishes to estabUsh a large business in fancy and market 

 poultry? 



Q. 16. What couiso for the beginner with moderate 

 means w' i wishes to establish a large business in fancy and 

 market pii Itry? 



Q. 1. With your present knowledge and experience, if 

 about to begin again, which breed or variety would you select 

 if J ca were going into fancy poultry? 



Q. 18. What would be your reasons for this choice? 



Q. 19. Which variety would you select if you were going 

 to embark in market poultry raising? 



Q. 20. Your reason for this selection? 



Q. 21. If you wished to combine both fancy and market 

 poultry raising, what breed or varieties would you select? 



Q. 22. Your reasons for this choice? 



Ill— POULTRY HOUSE SYMPOSIUM 



60-67 



Q. 23. What style of house do you prefer, as a fancier, 

 for breeding stock? 



Q. 24. What style of house for young stock? 



Q. 25. Do you favor the colony plan for housing young 

 stock? 



Q. 26. If so, what style of colony house do you use? 



IV— THE MATURE FOWLS 



87-94 



Q. 27. What do you feed your breeding stock? 



Q. 28. How do you feed adult stock, also how often? 



V— INCUBATION AND BROODING 



108-117 



Q. 29. If you use incubators, what proportion of all the 

 chicks you hatch each season do you hatch artificially and about 

 what per cent of the whole by the natural method? 



Q. 30. If you use brooders, how many newly-hatched 

 chicks do you place in each brooder? 



Q. 31. What do you feed Uttle chicks? 



Q. 32. How do you feed chicks, also how often? 



yi— SUCCESSFUL CHICK GROWING 



128-140 



Q. 33. How many head of growing stock do you house 

 and yard together? 



Q. 34. At what age do you separate the sexes? 



Q. 35. Do you find it advisable, later on, to separate 

 the cockerels? 



Q. 36. If so, what method do you follow? 



Q. 37. What do you feed growing stock? 



Q. 38. How do you feed growing stock, also how often? 



CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SYMPOSIUMS 



The numerals after the contributor's name designate the symposiums that are answered; the figures refer to the pages on 

 which each set of the contributor's answers will be found. 



Arnold, Aug. D 



Baker, Benj. H 



Barrows, Geo. A 



Benedict, H. E 



Bennett, Dr. O. P. 



Bie, Geo. H... 



Blanchard, H. J 



11-37; III-62; IV-89; V-116; VI-138 

 11-44; V-136 

 11-30; III-66; IV-88; V-113; VI-134 

 ni-64; IV-94; V-110; VI-132 

 11-42; III-64; IV-90; V-116; VI-139 

 11-40; III-63; IV-90; V-114; VI-136 

 11-18; III-61; IV-91; V-110; VI-132 



Bouck, A. G__ III-67; IV-91; V-117; VI-139 



Bradley Bros... 11-39; III-65; IV-89; V-109; VI-131 



Bradshaw, Harmon 1-15; 11-34; III-66; IV-89; V-114- VI-136 



Bricault, C-.... 11-44; III-64; IV-93; V-117; VI-139 



Brown, G. W_ 11-27; III-65; IV-88; V-112; VI-134 



Buffington, R. G_..... 11-29; III-61; IV-92; V-112; VI-133 



Bywaters, Wm. W. 11-21; III-63; IV-93; V-116; VI-138 



