CONTENTS. 



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Page. 

 CHAPTER I.— A Small Beginning and How the Broiler Industry Grew 

 with the Advance made in Improved Machinery, Improved 

 Ideas, and Improved Facilities Generally. Pointers Showing 



why so Many Failures in Pioneer Days 5-10 



CHAPTER II.— A Miscellaneous Batch of Pointers Invaluable to Broiler 



Raisers 11-17 



CHAPTER III.— What are the Drawbacks? (18-19). Profitable Way to Con- 

 duct the Business (19-21). Growing Small Broilers (21-22).... _3-22 

 CHAPTER IV.— ArtlHcial Methods and Hints that will Prove Valuable in 



Running any Incubator or Brooder 23-32 



CHAPTER v.— Artlflcial Methods as Given by some of America's Greatest 

 Experts— M. Sumner Perkins (33-36); Poultry Keeper (36-37; 

 39-41); R. W. Davison, (37-39); Mrs. Harry E. Hoak (41-42); 

 Wallace's Farmer (42-43) : Maine Experiment Station (43-45) 33-*i 

 CHAPTER VI.— Pointers in Feeding, Value of Feed Stuffs, together with 

 Numerous Bills of Fare— W. R. Curtiss & Co. (46); J. H. 

 Seely (46); F. Bause (47); J. E. Stevenson (47); W. H. Child 

 (47) ; W. H. Jones (47) ; G. G. Harley (47) ; Henry Nicolal (47) ; 

 Purdue Station (48) ; Ohio Poultry Journal (48) ; W. C. King 

 (48); Geo. Hall (48); Dr. G. M. Twitchell (48); F. T. Hopping 

 (48); M. Sumner Perkins (49); R. W. Davison (50); A. G. 

 Duston (50-52); Farm-Poultry (52-54); G. W. Pressey (54-55); 



T. Farrer Rackham (55-56) 46-56 



CHAPTER VII.— Drooping Wings in Chicks (57-59). Roofing the Brooder 

 Houses (59-62). Bowel Troubles in Young Chicks (62-63). 

 Dressing for Market (63-67). Raising Stock Birds (67-69).... 57-69 

 CHAPTER VIII.— The Squab Industry as Gleaned from a Visit to William 



B. Rice, of Bridgeton, N. J 70-77 



CHAPTER IX.— Pointers on Duck Culture and Experiences by the Most 

 Extensive Duck Raisers in this Country (78-96). Duck 

 Farms of Geo. Pollard (96-98); James Rankin (99-102); 



Weber Bros. (102-106) 78-106 



CHAPTER X.— Turkey and Guinea Broilers for Market (107-106). Valu- 

 able Pointers on the Care and Marketing of Turkeys (108- 

 119). Marketing (119). Killing (120). Dressing (120). Pack- 

 ing (121) 107-121 



CHAPTER XI.— General Information About Geese (122-130). Breeding Sea- 

 son (130-132). Goslings: Care and Feeding (133-135). Fatten- 

 ing (136-138). Killing and Picking (138-141) 122-111 



Illustrations : 



Pag«, 



Michael K. Boyer 2 



Egg Yolk— 72 hours incubation 9 



Six days' incubation ly 



Chick : Fifteenth day incubation 21 



Chick: Eighteenth day incubation 3;i 



Chick: Twenty-first day incubation 4] 



William E. Rice, pigeon expert 51 



Homers at Work ^1 



The outside fly or aviary 7j^ 



A model house of five pens §-. 



A pen of four months' old Homers c^i 



Dressing squabs for marVet T^Ol^ 



One hundred and six squabs ready for shipment ..Ill 



