CONTENTS 5 



CHAPTER IX 



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Best Time to Hatch 76 



Experiment in Late Hatching 78 



CHAPTER X 



Succulent Green Food — Satisfactory Egg Pro- 



, duction Impossible Wiihout It . . .80 



Sprouted Oats Best 82 



How They are Grown on the Farm ... 82 

 Timothy and Clover Cut Green .... 84 



CHAPTER XI 



Anthracite Coal Ashes — A Substitute for 



Many More Expensive Necessities . . 86 

 Better Than Charcoal 87 



CHAPTER XII 



Eggs for Breeding Should be Laid by a Real 



Yearling Hen 89 



90,000 Orders for 40,000 Eggs .... 90 



CHAPTER XIII 



Policing the Farm with Bloodhounds, etc. . . 92 

 Shoot First — Investigate Afterward ... 92 

 Socrates, the Great Bloodhound .... 93 



CHAPTER XIV 



Necessity for Pure Water — An Egg is Chem- 

 ically 80% Water 96 



Automatic Fountains Essential .... 96 



Hot Water in Cold Weather 97 



Hens Drink More in Afternoon .... 97 



