INDEX 



577 



General-purpose breeds, as foragers, i 

 disposition of, 87 

 hardness of, 89 

 maturity of, 87 

 sitting qualities, 88 

 type defined, 86 

 Geographic distribution of fowls, 9 

 Germ oil, 187 



Gizzard, location and function, 297 

 Glass windows, proper size, 121 

 Gluten feed defined, 186 



meal defined, 186, 193 

 Glycogen composition, 171 

 Grading on side hill, 124 



up, advantages of, 246 

 Grains, composition of, 193 



digestibility of, 181 

 Grasses, value and usage, 198 

 Gravity water supply, 49 

 Green food^ 371 



for breeders, 287 

 supplying in yards, 160 

 Grit for chicks, 359 



and shell boxes, design, 156 

 usage, 181, 212 

 Growing stock, chapter on, 368-375 

 Growth, feeding for, 175 

 how affected, 369 



H 



Half-monitor house, cost of materials, 139 

 plans, 137 

 specifications, 138 

 Hamburgs, distribution of, 76 

 Hardening-off process, 365 

 Hardiness of egg breeds, 80 



of general-purpose breeds, 89 



of meat breeds, 85 

 Hatching, advantages of early, 278 



centralized, 27 



eggs, collection of, 287 

 marking, 290 

 keeping, 288 

 selection of, 287 



process of, 310 



records, 320 

 Hay-cutter, 206 

 Head, bones of, 294 



changes due to laying, 539 

 Health, importance of, 101, 271, 534 

 Heat, effect on birds, 109 



in incubator, 337 

 Heater, operation of, 366 

 Heavy producers, breeding from, 252 

 Height of laying house, 112 



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Hen compared with cow, 169 



consumption and production with, 510 

 Hen's eggs, composition of, 196 

 Heredity, benefits from, 230 

 definition, 229 

 example of, 229 

 law of, 229 

 Hollow tile for incubator cellar, 329 

 Home practice, value of, 6 

 Hominy meal, composition of, 193 



manufacture, 187 

 Hoppers, advantages of, 106 

 design, 154 

 self-feeding, 153 

 types of, 154 

 use of, 130 

 Hot-air incubators, 331 

 Houdans, possibihties of, 94 

 House construction, standard-unit, 133 

 convenience in, 106 

 development of, 104 

 economy in, 105 

 effect of shape on cost, 113 

 grading for, 124 

 principles of, 104 

 roofing materials, 122 

 sanitation, 110 

 design, features of, 105 

 Houses, brooder, 348 

 feed, 204 



for growing stock, 372 

 importance of cleanliness, 497 

 Houses, perimeter of, 113 

 preservation of, 122 

 types of. 111 

 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, a great 



egg centre, 16 

 Hybridizing defined, 230, 246 



example of, 231 

 Hygiene, 497 

 Hypoblast defined, 307 



Icing poultry, 447 



Imagination as affecting breeding, 264 

 Importance of knowing actual profits, 34 

 Impregnation, effect of a previous, 264 

 Improvement, need of, 221 

 Inbreeding defined, 246, 247 



effect on vigor, 255 



possibilities of, 248 



ways of, 247 

 Incubation, advantages of artificial, 313 

 of natural, 312 



artificial, 326 



cooling during, 339 



disadvantages of natural, 312 



