S. C. White Leghorns Outclass All 59 Line Breeding--Not Inbreeding 61 How Corning Farm Produces Unrelated Cockerels 62 CHAPTER VI ADVANTAGES OF LARGE FLOCK SYSTEM--REDUCES COST OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIZES IN TIME AND LABOR 64 Draughts the Stumbling Block 65 2,000 Birds to a House 66 CHAPTER VII WHAT IS A WINTER LAYER?--THE PROPERLY HATCHED AND REARED PULLET 68 Must Feed Green Food 69 CHAPTER VIII A GREAT LAYING STRAIN--THE SELECTION OF BREEDERS TO PRODUCE IT 71 Eighteen Months Old 71 Trap Nests a Failure 72 Type Reproduces Type 73 CHAPTER IX BEST TIME TO HATCH 76 Experiment in Late Hatching 78 CHAPTER X SUCCULENT GREEN FOOD--SATISFACTORY EGG PRODUCTION IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT IT 80 Sprouted Oats Best 82 How They are Grown on the Farm 82 Timothy and Clover Cut Green 84 CHAPTER XI ANTHRACITE COAL ASHES--A SUBSTITUTE FOR MANY MORE EXPENSIVE NECESSITIES 86 Better Than Charcoal 87 CHAPTER XII EGGS FOR BREEDING SHOULD BE LAID BY A REAL YEARLING HEN 89 90,000 Orders for 40,000 Eggs 90 CHAPTER XIII POLICING THE FARM WITH BLOODHOUNDS, ETC. 92 Shoot First--Investigate Afterward 92 Socrates, the Great Bloodhound 93 CHAPTER XIV NECESSITY FOR PURE WATER--AN EGG IS CHEMICALLY 80% WATER 96 Automatic Fountains Essential 96 Hot Water in Cold Weather 97 Hens Drink More in Afternoon 97 CHAPTER XV HARD COAL ASHES, OYSTER SHELL, AND GRIT 99 CHAPTER XVI BEEF SCRAP AND GREEN BONE SUBSTITUTES FOR NATURE’S ANIMAL FOOD 101 Green Cut Bone Nearest Nature 101 CHAPTER XVII A TIME FOR EVERYTHING--EVERYTHING ON TIME 103