title: The Dollar Hen: The Classic Guide to American Free-Range Egg Farming
author: Milo M Hastings
description: Author Milo M. Hastings (1884-1957) has the unusual distinction of being the only poultry scientist ever to write a classic work of science fiction (CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT, 1919). He was also a health-food pioneer and wrote an early work on the dangers of high blood pressure.
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  # The Dollar Hen
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Milo M. Hastings
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN.
  
  
  HOW TO READ THIS BOOK.
  
  
  
  
  
  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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  Produced by Roger Taft, grandson of Milo Hastings,
  
  
  Jim Tinsley, and the