INDEX 



Abdomen, changes due to laying, 539 

 Accessibility of products, 427 

 Accounting, methods of, 464 



column system, 465 

 Accounts, what they show, 463 

 Acquiring stock, methods, 100 

 Advertisement, preparation, 469 



size of, 470 

 Advertising, 467 



profit from, 470, 473 



ways of, 467 



what, 468 



when, 468 



where, 468 

 Age of stock, 101 

 Agricultural Colleges, list, 562 



train, 2 

 Aim in breeding, 223 

 Air cell, location and formation, 302 

 Albumin, secretion, 302 



structure, 304 

 Alfalfa, composition of, 197 

 Alleys, disadvantages of, 152 



location, 152 



usage, 151 

 American Class, breeds of, 71 



Poultry Association, 

 membership, 20 



standard of perfection, use of, 67 

 value of, 225 

 Anatomy of the fowl, 292 

 Ancestry of domestic fowl, 63 



records of, 283 

 Anconas, mottled, 74 



orign of, 73 

 Animal feeds, value of, 194 



meal, usage, 195 

 Appearance, value of, 53 



uniform flocks, 98 

 Appetites, indication of performance, 254 

 Appliances, location of, 130 



for feeding, 206 

 Artificial illumination, 551 

 Aaeel fowl, 64 



description of, 64 

 Ash, defined, 170 



for chicks, 360 



Ash for egg production, 181 



function of, 173 



in eggs, 305 



in fowl's body, 170 



in grains, 202 



sources of, 172 

 Asiatic Class, breeds of, 71 

 Assimilation, 173 



Association for holding exhibits, 483 

 Atavism, example of, 240 



defined, 240 



factors affecting, 241 



kinds of, 241 

 Austria-Hungary, poultry in, 39 



B 



Baby chicks, 443 



chick boxes, 444 

 Balanced rations defined, 209 



value of same, 209 

 Bantams, types and uses, 77 

 Barley, composition of, 193 



value and usages, 191 

 Barred Plymouth Rocks, origin of, 71 

 Beets, composition, 200 



usage, 199 



varieties, 199 

 Beginning, manner of, 61 

 Beheading. 413 



Belgiuifi, poultry keeping in, 38 

 Belle of Jersey, record, 259 

 Bibliography,, miscellaneous, 561 

 Bichloride of mercury, use of, 506 

 Birds compared with other animals, 169 



importance of clean, 499 



preparation for exhibition, 477 



sale of, 473 



selection of, 101 

 Blood, dried, 195 

 Blue Andalusian, origin of, 73 

 Body characters, relation to functional ac- 

 tivity, 242 



composition of, 169 



lice on, 507 

 Bolts for foundation, 127, 128 

 Bone, composition of, 185, 196, 202 



cutter, 206 



dry ground, 201 



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