xiv ILLUSTRATIONS 



39. A Roaster Dressed for Market 59 



40. The Body Shape of the Meat Breeds Is Very Blocky 60 



41. A Typical Light Brahma Pair 63 



42. A Black Langshan Pair 65 



43. A Pair of Thick-feathered Cochins 65 



44. A Cornish Game Pair 66 



45. Eggs of the General Purpose Breeds Have a Brown Shell .... 69 



46. General Purpose Breeds Bring in a Revenue from Meat as 



well as Eggs 69 



47. A Flock of Barred Plymouth Rocks 70 



48. The Body Shape of the General Purpose Breeds Resembles an 



Inverted Derby Hat 71 



49. Pair of Rhode Island Reds 73 



50. A Pair of Full-breasted White Wyandottes 75 



51. A Buff Orpington Pair 75 



52. A White Polish Male 78 



53. A Columbian Wyandotte Hen 79 



54. Black-tailed Japanese Bantams 80 



55. Barred Plymouth Rock Hen 81 



56. A Tailless Leghorn, Commonly Called a Sport 87 



57. Barred Plymouth Rock Chicks, Showing Different Amounts 



of Vigor 89 



58. A Rhode Island Red Hen with a Large Egg Record 90 



59. The Cross-section of an Egg Showing the Location of the 



Contents 95 



60. The Ovary and Oviduct 98 



61. Carefully Collecting the Hatching Eggs 105 



62. Normal and Abnormal Eggs for Hatching 107 



63. A Mother Hen and Her Newly Hatched Chicks 112 



64. A Barrel and a Box Nest 115 



65. (A) The Stolen Nest in the Long Grass. (B) The Proud 



Mother and Her Newly Hatched Youngsters 116 



66. A Slatted Coop Made to Protect the Young Chicks 118 



67. On the Farm the Chicks Can Be Reared in the Pasture 119 



68. An Individual Incubator 123 



69. Sketch of the Parts of a Self-regulating Device for an Incubator 12,5 



70. A Class Studying Different Makes of Incubators 126 



71. Three Types of Brooders Showing How They Furnish the 



Proper Requirements 134 



72. A Small Out-door Brooder for Fifty Chicks 135 



73. A Gasolene Brooder House 136 



74. (A) A Coal-burning Brooder Stove. (B) The House in 



Which the Stove was Operated 137 



75. A Modern, Commercial, Long-pipe Brooder House 137 



76. An Out-door Dry Mash Hopper for Growing Chicks 139 



77. Leghorn Pullets Being Reared on Free Range 143 



78. An Ideal Corner of a Pasture for the Growing Birds 145 



79. A Cheap, Fresh Air Shelter for Growing Poultry 147 



80. An Excellent House for Growing Chicks During the Summer 147 



81. Working Plans for Adaptable Summer Colony House 147 



82. Sloping Ground Showing the Proper Location of the Poultry 



House 153 



83. A Desirable Plan for a Small Poultry Plant on a Farm .... 154 



