xviii ILLUSTRATIONS 



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256. Outer shell membrane of fresh egg 393 



257. Inner shell membrane of fresh egg 394 



258. Sectional view of egg 396 



259. Yellow yolk of fresh egg 397 



260. White yolk of fresh egg 398 



261. Class in candling and grading eggs 401 



262. Changes affecting the appearance of eggs 403 



263. Eggs during period of incubation 405 



264. Fertile and infertile eggs 407 



265. Vegetable cellar for storing eggs 408 



266. Gravity test for telling age of eggs 409 



267. Freight car for shipping live poultry ■ 411 



268. A full hpuse 414 



269. Refrigerator car loaded with poultry 415 



270. Candling eggs at farmer's gate 419 



271. Stolen nest in tree 420 



272. Other stolen nests 422 



273- Typical forms of egg breakage _ 424 



274. Grading and packing eggs 427 



275. Well-equipped feeding plant 428 



276. Interior of a feeding plant 430 



277. Metal chilling racks 432 



278. Bench killing and picking 434 



279. California type of laying house 437 



280. Elevated laying houses 439 



281. Preparing water glass 440 



282. Receptacles for preserving eggs 441 



283. Examining eggs by means of candler ,(42 



284. Arrangement of houses and runs 443 



285. Indiana poultry house 446 



286. Metal chilling racks for hanging poultry 448 



287. Small fattening station 450 



288. Removing small feathers from poultry 453 



289. String kiUing and picking. . 454 



290. Holding birds on lap while picking 455 



291. Glossary chart of the sections of a fowl 458 



292. Catching coop for fowls 459 



293. Well-arranged poultry exhibit ' 462 



294. Prize-winning Black Langshan 465 



295. Skeleton of a fowl 468 



295. Commercial feeding station 469 



297. Open-front poultry house 472 



298. Pen of Pekin ducks 474 



299. Good type of feeder 476 



300. Indifferent type of feeder 477 



301. Poor feeder 479 



302. Ducks require low fences 481 



303. Household scales for weighing poultl-y 484 



304. Brooder house with covered front platform 487 



305. Promising looking flock of Leghorn pullets 489 



306. Ducks raised near water 492 



307. Feed hopper on raised platform 496 



308. Colony houses grouped in winter 498 



