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203. Sectional view of brooder stove 309 



204. Summer chicks require plenty of shade 313 



205. Feeding frame for chicks 314 



206. Cleaning around brooder stove 315 



207. Lamp hovers are easily moved 316 



208. Portable yard for young chicks 317 



209. Sectional view of brpoder stove 318 



210. Colony house with gasoline brooder 319 



211. Orchard an ideal location for growing chicks 320 



212. Privacy for the hen and brood 322 



213. Portable hover in simply constructed coop 326 



214. Separating the mother hens 327 



215. Covered runaway 329 



216. A husky brood 332 



217. Colony house from piano cases 334 



218. Inexpensive colony growing coop 336 



219. Secluded spot for the brood 337 



220. Hinged front for colony house 337 



221. Indoor coop for discouraging broodiness 340 



222. Outdoor coop for broody hens 341 



223. Contest house at Storrs, Connecticut 343 



224. A-shaped colony house 345 



225. Wire-covered shed for housing cockerels 348 



226. Homemade fattening crate 349 



227. Pouring feed in fattening crates 351 



228. Plans for 2-compartment fattening crate 352 



229. Killing and dressing broilers 353 



230. Correct way to grasp fowl for sticking 354 



231. Anatomy of skull showing position of veins 355 



232. Heads of fowls with jaws removed 356 



233. Well-finished market fowl 359 



234. Capons dressed for market 360 



235. Side view of capons dressed for market 361 



236. Caponizing instruments 363 



237. Layout for caponizing 365 



238. Diagram showing where incision should be made 366 



239. Inserting the spreaders 367 



240. Using the probe 368 



241. Pushing the intestines aside 368 



242. Grasping the gland 369 



243. Operation finished 369 



244. Class in killing and dressing 370 



245. Permanent quarters for pullets 373 



246. Three thousand pullets on range 375 



247. Busy moment for the trap nest 376 



248. Brood coop with slatted run 377 



249. Pullets on a California ranch 379 



250. Packing house equipment 381 



251. Breeders handled in large units 383 



252. Plans for a catching coop 384 



253. Brood coop made from rough lumber 386 



254. Practical method for catching fowls 388 



255. Diagram digestive apparatus of a fowl 392 



