CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. What makes a Poultryman? 



II. Making the Real Start 



III. Choosing among the Breeds 



IV. Hatching and Brooding with the Mother 



Hen 



V. Beginning Artificial Incubation 



VI. Handling and Feeding the Young from Ma 



CHINES 



VII. Studying Feeding Values . 



VIII. A Study of Juicy Feeds 



IX. How to PREVENT DISEASE . 



X. Molds, Smuts, and Bacteria 



XI. Medicines, Disinfectants, and Insecticides 



XII. Methods of circumventing Vermin . 



XIII. Types of Modern Housing. 



XIV. Home-Made Conveniences .... 

 XV. The Ideal Bird 



XVI. Line Breeding and Mendel's Law 



XVII. Records for Future Study 



XVIII. Profit and Loss 



XIX. Cost of Producing Eggs, Chicks, and Fowls 



XX. Studying Eggs ...... 



XXI. The Field of the American Standard of Per 

 fection, and the Association 



XXII. Poultry Schools 



XXIII. Practical Laying Contests 



