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Moulting Hens, needs nitrogenous food 54 



" to be fat 54 



" Severe on some Breeds. 55 



Natural Method "3 



Nest Eggs 9 8 



Nest, avoid draughts over 24 



" " too much moisture 23 



" Broken Eggs in. 3 1 



" Boxes in Mr. Wyckoffs house 61 



lt , " in Mr. Warner's house 85 



" Darkest place 9 8 



" How to make, out doors 28 



" Shallow boxes for 29 



" Sulphur and Tobacco in. 30, 100 



" Where the Hen Selects It. 24 



Non-sitting Breeds 13 



Non-sitters, What are They ? 24 



Oats for Hens 109 



Old Hens, When to Sell 133 



Onion Maggot and Chicks 7^ 



Orchards, Poultry in 76 



Origin of Breeds 5 



Orpingtons 15 



Over-feeding, cause of sickness 45 



Packing Poultry 134 



Perfect Eggs, When to Select 25 



Platform below roosts 98 



Plymouth Rocks 9, 1 2, 1 24 



" " for orchards 77 



" " mating 77 



" '* shape of laying 119 



Potato Bugs and Ducks 78 



Potatoes for Hens 99, 101, 164, 105 



Poultry, Breeds, Origin of 5 



" as Insecticides 76 



" Dressed, marketing 134 



