INDEX. 149 



Page. 

 Sitting Hens 24, 28 



" " avoid draughts 34 



" Grass for . 3 



" Shade for 3 



" " Separate building for 2 9 



" " Size of house for 2 9 



Soap Suds and Poultry Manure IO 3 



Soft Food for Young Ducks i4 



Space for one Hen (>g, 97, I2 4 



Special Foods for Hens. Io6 



- Sports " in Poultry 6 



Special Egg Market 129 



Sterile Eggs 1 7 



Stock, breeding selecting r ! 3 



Stones for foundation. 4 



" Swapping males," bad practice 135 



Table Qualities Sacrificed. 13 



Tarred Paper prevents Vermin. .83, 98 



Temperature of Eggs, How Affected. . . 23 



for Brooders 126 



Thoroughbred Poultry I22 



Trees in Yards. 62, 67 



Turkey as a Brooder 27 



Tonics for Moulting Hens . . . 55 



Turpentine for Gapes 49 



Variation in Fowls 6, 101, 104,109 



Ventilation problem 99 



at top 99 



Vigor in Parents necessary. 33 



Warm House Necessary 98 



" Water in Winter. 104 



Warmth for Chicks 37 



Water for Feeding 105 



Water Trovigh 86 



Weakness of Legs in Ducks ... 127 



Wet Soils, Avoid Feathered Legs 14 



