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CONTENTS 



Artificial Brooding 



EXERCISE 



XIV. 

 XV. 



(A) Construction of Brooder Houses 



(B) A Study of the Brooder both Out- 



door aad Indoor 

 Art of Running a Brooder . 



XVI. (C) 

 Natural Brooding 



XVII. Location, Housing, and Care of Hen 

 -^ and Chicks .... 



XVIII. Crate Fattening .... 



XIX. Machine Fattening, or Cramming 



XX. Caponizing 



XXI. Preservation of Eggs 



XXII. New England Method of Killing and 

 Picking 



XXIII. New Jersey Method of Killing and Pick- 



ing 



XXIV. Shaping and Dressing . 

 XXV. Packing aud Shipping Eggs . 



XXVI. Packing and Shipping Poultry 



XXVII. Poultry Book-keeping . 



XXVIII. Convenient Poultry Records . 



XXIX. Figuring Poultry Profits 



XXX. Advertising 



XXXI. Writing to Prospective Customers 



XXXII. Scoring and Grading Eggs . 



XXXIII. Scoring Poultry Plants 



XXXIV. Judging Poultry for Fancy Points 

 XXXV. Judging Poultry for Utility Points 



XXXVI. Systems of Heating Brooder Houses 



and Art of Firing . 



XXXVII. Repairing Damaged Heating Systems 



XXXVIII. Miscellaneous Appliances 



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