THE ILLUSTRATIONS 



Chicks need fresh air in abundance .... Frontispiece 



FACING PASS 



White Plymouth Rock cock 2 



White Wyandotte cock 2 



White Leghorns 8 



Black Langshans 8 



Barred Plymouth Rock hen 14 



Silver Wyandotte hen 14 



Houdans 18 



White Indian Runner ducks 18 



Black Orpington hen 22 



Eggs for private customers should be uniform .... 22 



Shingled house for a small flock 26 



House made of building paper -.26 



An ideal home poultry plant 30 



An excellent semi-monitor house 36 



" A " house of the open front type 40 



Combined exerciser and feeder ... 48 



A simple rack for sprouting oats 52 



A homemade trap nest and feed hopper 56 



An incubator cellar 60 



An incubator house of hollow tile 64 



A flock of well-bred hens 68 



Shelter with yard for growing chicks 74 



A simple fireless brooder 78 



