Index 



339 



Kinds of litter, 180. 



Knowledge of the business essential, 4. 



Labor caused by inconvenience, 86. 



Land, amount of required, 5. 



Langshans, description of, 51. 



Large eggs preferred, 28. 



Law of heredity, 140. 



Law of variation, 141. 



Laying qualities of Barred Plymouth 



Rocks, 60; of geese, 259; of meat 



breeds, 42. 



Leghorn eggs, color of, 28. 

 Leghorns, description of, 23; egg pro- 

 duction of, 26; size of, 25; varieties 



of, 26. 

 Lice, 308; description of, 309; remedies 



for, 310. 

 Light Brahmas and Dark Brahmas 



compared, 48. 

 Lime, necessary, 172. 

 Lime water for preserving eggs, 307. 

 Linseed meal, 165; for moulting hens, 



165. 



Litter, kinds of, 180. 

 Live poultry, crates for shipping, 298; 



shipping, 297. 

 Location of buildings, 82; yards, 86. 



Machine, forming, 294. 



Male and female, comparative influence 

 of, 153. 



Males and egg production, 139. 



Mangel-wurzels, 166. 



Manner of feeding, 174. 



Marketing fresh eggs, 300. 



Marking packages, 291. 



Material for dust baths, 123 ; hollow 

 side walls, 102; for nests, 119; for side 

 walls, 92. 



Meat breeds, 14, 39; are poor foragers, 

 41; as lawn fowls, 41; as winter lay- 

 ers, 43; disposition of, 40; easily con- 

 fined, 41 ; late maturing, 44; laying 

 qualities of, 42; size of, 39. 



Meat, feeding for, 181. 



Meat foods, 168; canned, 170. 



Mediterranean fowls, 18, 22. 



Method of preserving eggs, 303. 



Milk for little chickens, 210. 



Mineral matter for little chickens, 212. 



Minorcas, description of, 31. 



Mites, description of, 312 ; remedies 



for, 313. 



Money invested yields quick returns, 7. 

 Moulting and egg production, 115. 

 Muscovy ducks, 245. 



Narraganseft turkeys, 268. 



Natural food of ducks, 245; of fowls, 158. 



Natural incubation, 190. 



Necessary air space per fowl, 95. 



Nest material, 119. 



Nests, disinfection of, 118; for turkeys, 

 271; requisites of, 115; size of, 118. 



Number of .chickens in the United 

 States, 2; ducks in the United States, 

 2; geese in the United States, 2; tur- 

 keys in the United States, 2. 



Oats, as a food, 165 ; produces light - 



colored flesh, 165. 

 Operation of caponizing, 226. 

 Oriental Games, 78. 



Origin of Barred Plymouth Rocks, 59. 

 Outdoor brooders, 202. 



Packages, marking, 291. 



Packing and shipping fowls, 289; poul- 

 try in ice, 290. 



Parks and yards, 124. 



Pate de foie gras, 258. 



Pea-comb, 45. 



Pea-fowls, 276; habits of, 277. 



Pekin ducks, 241. 



Pepper, 174. 



Perches, construction of, 113; situation 

 of, 112. 



Pigeons, 277; food for, 281; profit from 

 rearing, 278. 



Pit Games, 77. 



Plumping fowls, 288. 



