TAHI.K l)F I'ONTKXTS 129 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Is it Advisable or Necessary to Force Egg Production . 71 



Forcing Hens for Egg Production . • • • 73 



Egg Production during Molt . 73 



The "Rooster" and the Trap Nest 76 



Egg-eating Hens . . . .77 



CHAPTER IX. 



Nature's Secret Revealed to the Breeder . 78 



Single vs. Multiple Mating . . .... 81 



The Fallacy of the So-called Law of Sex . . . .82 



The Fallacy of the "Egg-type" theory . . 83 



Individual Merit from the Standpoint of a Buyer . 84 



A Prophecy . 88 



CHAPTER X. 



The Unreliability of the Common Method of Reckoning Averages 



Illustrated . 91 



Foods and Feeding 92 



Early Maturity . . 94 



Meat or Eggs, Which? . . . 98 



The Exceptional Hen . . . 100 



Treatment of Sick Hens : 101 

 Practice vs. Theory . .... 102 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Question of Profits . 105 



CHAPTER XII. 



Something about Patents . . 115 



Conclusion ... • .118 



