6 CONTENTS 
CHAPTER PAGE 
XXIII. SALE OF NEWLY HATCHED CHICKENS é . 194 
XXIV. CO-OPERATION IN EGG-FARMING . ‘ . 200 
XXV. EGG PRESERVATION ‘i . . . 210 
XXVI. CHARACTERISTICS OF BREEDS ‘ : . 216 
XXVII. ALTERNATIVE RUNS ‘ ‘ ‘ . 228 
XXVIII, IMPORTANCE OF EARLY HATCHING . 3 . 240 
XXIX. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE FOWL . ‘ . 245 
XXX. WOMEN AS POULTRY-FARMERS i : . 251 
XXXI. THE MOULTING SEASON é 3 ‘ . 257 
XXXII. FOWLS THAT PAY . ‘ 3 ‘ . 261 
XXXIII. PROFITS FROM POULTRY . ; : . 267 
XXXIV. ON TAKING PAINS . . ; : . 274 
XXXKV. SCRATCHING-SHEDS ; “ : . 281 
XXXVI. THE WHITE LEGHORN ‘ ‘ z . 285 
XXXVII. DEAD IN SHELL . . A : . 289 
XXXVIII. THE BEST FIRST CROSS 3 P é . 294 
XXXIX. HOW TO TELL HENS THAT ARE LAYING . . 800 
XL. EGGS AND EXERCISE é : ® . 806 
XLI. THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN 1916 . . . 810 
XLII. POULTRY DIARY . , 5 ‘ . 3818 
XLII. TECHNICAL TERMS : a : . 3826 
INDEX . : . 5 . . 829 
