CONTENTS 



CHAPTEK PAGC 



I How to Make a Beginning i 



II Selecting a Breed to Keep 12 



III The Kind of House to Build 25 



IV Feeding a Little Flock 45 



V Hatching Chicks With Machine and Hen . . 59 



VI Brooding the Newly-Hatched Chicks .... 72 



VII How to Get Eggs in Winter 84 



VIII Keeping Poultry on a Town Lot 94 



IX Breeding Fancy Poultry as a Pastime . . .105 



X Ducks, Geese and Guinea Fowl 114 



XI Some Open Secrets 128 



XII Insect Pests and Other Troubles 138 



XIII The Year's Work, Month by Month . . . .145 



Appendix 159 



Index 169 



Glossary 171 



