ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. Page 



Fowl's reproductive organs Frontispiece 



1. Petaluma poultry district 2 



2. Chart poultry production in U. S 4 



3. Hen with a brood of chicks 5 



4. Poultry and farm crops 8 



5. Model backyard poultry plant 10 



6. Light Brahmas 17 



7. White Wyandottes 18 



8. White Plymouth Rocks 19 



9. White-Laced Red Cornish Fowls 21 



10. Single Comb White Leghorns 24 



11. Single Comb Brown Leghorns 25 



12. Rose-Comb Buff Leghorns 27 



13. Lakenvelders 28 



14. Single Comb Black Minorcas 30 



15. Single Comb White Minorcas 31 



16. White-Faced Black Spanish 32 



17. Andalusians 34 



18. Single Comb Mottled Anconas 35 



19. Golden Spangled Hamburgs 36 



20. Sicilian Buttercups 37 



21. White Houdans 38 



22. Silver Campines 39 



23. White Aseels 40 



24. Long-Tailed Yokohamas 42 



25. Silver Laced Polish 43 



26. Brahmas 47 



27. White Cochins 49 



28. Partridge Cochins 50 



29. White Langshans 52 



30. Barred Plymouth Rocks 54 



31. Columbian Plymouth Rocks 55 



32. Silver Wyandottes 56 



33. Columbian Wyandottes 57 



34. Rhode Island Reds 58 



35. Black Javas 59 



36. Buckeyes 60 



37. Black Orpingtons 62 



38. White Orpingtons 64 



39. Silver-Gray Dorkings 65 



40. Rose Comb White Dorkings 66 



41. White FaveroUes 67 



42. La Fleche Fowls 68 



43. Crevecoeurs 69 



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