INDEX 



579 



Laying houses, practical types, 128 

 roofs, 114 

 shapes, 112 

 size, 110 



standard-unit, 115 

 sunhght, 106 

 ventilation, 108 

 walls and partitions, 118 

 windows and curtains, 120 

 rations, California, 220 

 Cornell 

 Indiana, 219 

 New Jersey, 215 

 North CaroUna, 219 

 stock, care of future, 269 

 management of, 266 

 summer management, 274 

 winter management, 270 

 Leading poultry States, 10 

 Learning poultry business, 57 

 Levelling board, use of, 124 

 Leg banding, importance of, 324, 454 

 Leghorns, origin of, 73 

 performance of, 81 

 Legs, description of, 293 

 Legumes, value and usage, 198 

 Lettuce, 201 

 Lice, body, 507 



Like begets like, meaning of, 229 

 Lime in droppings, 449 

 sources of, 185 

 uses of, 185 

 Limitation of sex, 243 

 Line-breeding, advantages of, 248 

 chart for, 249 

 defined, 248 

 for eggs, 253 

 Linseed meal, composition of, 193 

 Litter, 272 



Little Compton District, Rhode Island, 17 

 Live poultry, marketing, 443 



scoring, 491 

 Liver, 297 

 Location, 45 

 climate, 45 

 social life, 42 

 soil, 45 



transportation, 54 

 water, 49 

 Long laying house, cost of material, 134 

 material for, 133 

 small units for breeding, 132 

 specifications, 132 



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Machine, hen compared with, 222 

 Mail, need of frequent service, 54 



Maintenance, feeding for, 175 

 Malay fowl, description of, 64 

 Male, importance of, 234 



birds affecting production, 307 

 Males, proportion to females, 285 

 Mammoth incubators, 332 

 Management, changes in, 20 



business of, 515 



survey, 516 

 Manure, handling, 449 

 Market poultry, types of, 376 

 Marketing, chapter on, 422 



cooperation in, 450 



importance of care, 268 



methods of, 12 

 Markets, 422 



course of products, 425 



distance from, 53 



nearness vs. price of land, 53 



securing, 428 

 Mash for chicks, 359 

 Mass breeding, 281 

 Materials for laying houses. 111 

 Mating season, care during, 286 

 Matings, double, 261 



importance of special, 281 

 Mature birds, value in breeding, 253 

 Maturity of egg breeds, 79 



of general-purpose breeds, 87 



of meat breeds, 84 

 Meal, animal, 195, 196 

 Meat, amount in ration, 179 



breeds as egg producers, 85 

 as foragers, 85 

 as sitters, 85 

 classification of, 85 

 description of type, 83 

 disposition of, 84 

 hardiness of, 85 

 maturity of, 84 



farming, 26 

 location for, 44 

 returns from, 26 



necessity in the ration, 179 



production, breeding for, 258 



quality, 97 



scrap, value and usage, 194 

 Medical attendance, 43 

 Medicines, 506 



Mediterranean class breeds, 72 

 Mendel's law, essence of, 231 

 Menopon biseriatum, 507 

 Mercantile exchange, function, 430 

 Meristic variation, 238 

 Mesoblast defined, 307 

 Methods of judging, 487 

 Milk, importance for chicks, 375 



