POULTRY CULTURE 



PART II 

 PRODUCTION 



CHAPTER PAGE 



IV. The Poultry Keeper's Problems . . .... 64 



Common tasks — Hard problems, 64 — Relation of natural con- 

 ditions to poultry problems — Differences between practical 

 and theoretical problems, 65 — The beginner's most difficult 

 problem, 67 



V. Poultry Types and their Relations to Objects, 



Conditions, and Methods of Poultry Keeping . 6g 



Type defined — Type and breed, 69 — Breed type — Breed divi- 

 sions — Breed relations — Economic classification of fowls, 70 — 

 Class properties, 71 — Necessary differences in conditions and 

 methods, 72 



VI. Problems of Location . . . . . ... 74 



Phases of the question of location — Climate, 74 — Special 

 features- — Soils and drainage, 76 — SunHght — Ventilation — 

 Markets, 77 — Transportation, 78 



VIL Systems of Poultry Keeping 



Definitions — General methods — Essence of system, 79 — Ordi- 

 nary farm methods — Extensive systems, 80 — The Rhode Island 

 colony system, 81 — Ordinary town methods, 84 — Intensive 

 systems, 85 — Comparison of extensive and intensive systems, 87 

 — Combining advantages of the two systems, 91 — Temporary 

 range — Weakest point in intensive systems, 94 



VIIL Yards and Fences . . ... . . . 



Yards a necessary evil, 95 — Height of fence, 96 — Area of yard, 

 97 — Alternating yards — Fence material, 98 — Openings in 

 fences, 100 



IX. Coops and Buildings for Poultry . . ... 



Prime considerations in shelters, 103 — Principal requirements 

 for comfort — Earliest form of poultry shelter — Simplest shelter 

 made for poultry, 104 — Poultry in owner's dwelling — Tight 

 houses, 108 — Ventilation in tight houses — Beginning of the 

 fresh-air movement, 112 — Houses with open fronts — No best 

 house, 114 — Floor dimensions, 116 — Height of structures — 



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