The Dollar Hen
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About This Book
THE DOLLAR HEN is America's classic handbook on free-range egg production. First published in 1909, it walks the reader through valuable concepts available in no other source. With an emphasis on simplicity, practicality, and synergy between hens, crops, soil, and farmer, the book is a timeless guide to poultry farming as it ought to be practiced.
Chapters (38)
- THE DOLLAR HEN
- MILO M. HASTINGS
- WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN
- HOW TO READ THIS BOOK
- WHAT IS IN THIS VOLUME
- THE DOLLAR HEN
- CHAPTER I
- IS THERE MONEY IN THE POULTRY BUSINESS?
- CHAPTER II
- WHAT BRANCH OF THE POULTRY BUSINESS?
- CHAPTER III
- THE POULTRY PRODUCING COMMUNITY
- CHAPTER IV
- WHERE TO LOCATE
- CHAPTER V
- THE DOLLAR HEN FARM
- CHAPTER VI
- INCUBATION
- CHAPTER VII
- FEEDING
- CHAPTER VIII
- DISEASES
- CHAPTER IX
- POULTRY FLESH AND POULTRY FATTENING
- CHAPTER X
- MARKETING POULTRY CARCASSES
- CHAPTER XI
- QUALITY IN EGGS [*]
- CHAPTER XII
- HOW EGGS ARE MARKETED
- CHAPTER XIII
- BREEDS OF CHICKENS
- CHAPTER XIV
- PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BREEDING
- CHAPTER XV
- EXPERIMENT STATION WORK
- CHAPTER XVI
- POULTRY ON THE GENERAL FARM
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