CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTORY . . . 
CHAPTER 
I, 
IN THE BEGINNING . 
THE NEED FOR POULTRY . 
WHAT BACKYARDERS CAN DO 
SUBURBAN POULTRY-KEEPING 
HOW TO BEGIN . . 
HOW TO MAKE AN INCOME 
HOW I BEGAN AS AN EGG-FARMER 
THE BROODY HEN . . 
CHICKEN-REARING . . 
REARING FROM INCUBATORS 
HOW TO TREAT DAY-OLD CHICKENS 
HOW TO GET EGGS . . 
POULTRY-HOUSES . . 
EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS . 
COLONIAL COMPETITIONS . 
TABLE POULTRY . . 
DRY-MASH FEED . . 
FOOD VALUES . . 
WINTER EGGS . . 
THE INTENSIVE SYSTEM ° 
LARGE FLOCKS 0. SMALL FLOCKS 
BREEDING . . . 
