4 CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Diseased Meat to Eat 49 



As the Food, so the Egg 49 



A Perfect Egg a Rarity 5° 



Unlimited Demand for QuaHty Eggs ... 50 



CHAPTER IV 

 Preparation of Eggs for Market ....... 54 



CHAPTER V 



Selection of the Breed. — The Strain is of Ut- 

 most Importance 58 



S. C. White Leghorns Outclass All . . . 59 

 Line Breeding — Not Inbreeding . . .61 

 How Corning Farm Produces Unrelated 

 Cockerels 62 



CHAPTER VI 



Advantages of Large Flock System — Reduces 

 Cost of Housing and Economizes in 



Time and Labor 64 



Draughts the Stumbling Block 65 



2,000 Birds to a House 66 



CHAPTER VII 



What is a Winter Layer? — The Properly 



Hatched and Reared Pullet ... 68 

 Must Feed Green Food 69 



CHAPTER VIII 



A Great Laying Strain — The Selection of 



Breeders to Produce It ..... 71 



Eighteen Months Old 71 



Trap Nests a Failure 72 



Type Reproduces Type 73 



