Contents: 1. Incubation. 2. Hatchery Practices. 3. Brooding Practices. 4. Battery Brooding and Laying Cages. 5. Broiler Production. 6. Capons and Caponizing. 7. Principles of Feeding. 8. Feeding Chickens. 9. Feeding Adult Birds. 10. Rearing and Range Management. 11.Selection. 12. Breeding and Sex Distinction. 13. Trapnesting and Pedigreeing. 14. Improvement Programs. 15. Marketing. 16. Fattening. 17.Housing and Appliances. 18. Management Factors. 19. Poultry Diseases. 20. Egg Formation. 21. Classes Breeds Varieties Strains. 22. Turkey Production. Index.

The object of this book is an attempt to place at the disposal of poultry men at large information relative to established and dependable practices. Poultry production is not a business in which everyone may engage successfully. Before engaging in a poultry enterprise it is advisable to investigate the profitableness of the business in the locality concerned and the markets available. It is of course obvious that a person having experience and well informed has a greater chance of success. This book is designed to aid the beginner as well as the established poultry men and may serve as a reference tool for the solution of management problems.