Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
When a business reaches the billion dollar mark per year, it is generally looked into by thinking people who like to know the facts of the case, and who want to know just why the business has reached such large proportions. In this little booklet I will endeavor to explain not...
When a business reaches the billion dollar mark per year, it is generally looked into by thinking people who like to know the facts of the case, and who want to know just why th...
2. CHAPTER II.Before attempting to discuss the methods of raising poultry it is deemed advisable to first take up a discussion of the different breeds and their characteristics. Outside of a...
3. CHAPTER III.We have now discussed quite minutely the good and bad points of the three main classes of birds. Each class, and each breed has its merits and demerits. The one who wants to mak...
4. CHAPTER IV.In order to get a better idea of artificial incubation, let us first examine a few facts concerning the way in which the hen hatches her eggs in the natural process. The fertile...
5. CHAPTER V.Whether we hatched the eggs by means of an incubator, or bought the day-old chicks, if we have no mother hen to care for the chicks after they are hatched, we must take care of...
6. CHAPTER VI.One of the chief things to remember in raising young chicks to maturity is that we must keep them growing at all times. A check in their growth will retard their growth severely...
7. CHAPTER VII.As has been said in an earlier chapter, to get the maximum egg production, three things are essential. They are: good foundation stock, proper housing, and proper feeding. We ma...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The primary object in feeding birds for the market is to get them well covered with flesh, so that they will be plump all over. It is the difference in the weight of the bony sk...
9. CHAPTER IX.If you were to take a trip through the surrounding country, with the intention of inspecting the living quarters of farm poultry, in general, you would discover some of the most...
10. CHAPTER X.In discussing plans for a modern poultry house, let it be mentioned at the outset that this does not necessarily mean that our modern house will be expensive, any more than the...
11. CHAPTER XI.There are certain devices that save a great deal of labor for the poultry man, and also give the birds a more contented atmosphere. We will start in with the floor. I want to re...
12. CHAPTER XII.While we have interior fixtures of the poultry house fresh in mind let us turn our attention briefly to the study of parasites that live on the hen, and that are detrimental to...
13. CHAPTER XIII.It is not to be supposed that poultry, living under the artificial conditions that man has ordained for them, can be entirely free from diseases. In fact, very few poultry men c...
14. CHAPTER XIV.When the poultry industry was being established upon a business foundation, many of the leading breeders devised the idea of measuring the egg capacity of their birds by actuall...
15. CHAPTER XV.It was deemed advisable to add a few words in this little booklet in regard to collecting eggs when they are cheap, and storing them away for the part of the year when eggs are...
16. CHAPTER XVI.We have discussed the main points to be considered in raising various poultry products in this little booklet. However, much of our success in the poultry business will depend o...
17. CHAPTER XVII.I have tried to explain in this little booklet that there is a splendid opportunity for one to engage in the poultry industry, whether it be on a large scale, or a small scale....