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Poultry for profit

R. A. Power and E. Haldeman-Julius

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Eggs or meat: feed the bird differently and the profit follows. Power walks a beginner from choosing breeds and getting a start through incubation, brooding, and rearing chicks to maturity. Separate chapters teach feeding for egg production and feeding for the table. A clear, cash-minded start for anyone turning a backyard flock into income.

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20 chapters

  1. 1Poultry for Profit
  2. 2CHAPTER I. THE OUTLOOK
  3. 3CHAPTER II. THE POULTRY BREEDS
  4. 4CHAPTER III. GETTING A START
  5. 5CHAPTER IV. INCUBATION
  6. 6CHAPTER V. BROODING
  7. 7CHAPTER VI. REARING CHICKS TO MATURITY.
  8. 8CHAPTER VII. FEEDING FOR EGG PRODUCTION
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII. FEEDING FOR MEAT PRODUCTION
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. COMMON FAULTS OF POULTRY HOUSES
  11. 11CHAPTER X. HOUSING POULTRY FOR PROFIT.
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. INTERIOR FIXTURES FOR THE LAYING HOUSES
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. LICE AND MITES
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. POULTRY DISEASES
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV. CULL THE FLOCK
  16. 16CHAPTER XV. PRESERVING EGGS FOR WINTER
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI. SELLING THE PRODUCT
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII. IN CONCLUSION

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