INDEX 



583 



Shipping dreased poultry, need of facility 

 in, 54 



to exhibition, 482 

 Show, arrangement of, 485 



running, 483 

 Side line, poultry keeping as a, 25 

 Silkies, 77 



peculiarity of, 77 

 Simplicity, 111, 143 

 Sitting hen, care of, 319, 322 

 selection of, 317 

 when to set, 315 



qualities of egg breeds, 80 

 of general-purpose breeds, 88 

 of the meat breeds, 85 



records of, 458 

 Size, importance of, in breeding, 258 



of laying house, 110 



of stock, 102 

 Size of flocks, as affecting profits, 526 

 Skeleton, 292 



Skim milk, composition, 196 

 Skin, quality of, 539 

 Skunks, 512 

 Slips, 398 

 Slope, best, 46 

 Social organizations, 42 



facilities, 43 

 Soil, effect on color, 264 

 on fertility, 31 



proper conditions of, 45 



undesirable types, 46 

 Solid color, breeding for, 263 

 Somatic defined, 234 

 Sorghum, 192 

 South Shore roasters, 18 

 Spraying, 401 



for cleanliness, 273 

 Spring, for water supply, 49 

 Sprouted oats, advantages, 190 

 composition, 191 

 manner of sprouting, 189 

 Standard bred defined, 94 



poultry, exhibition of, 477 



classification defined, 66 

 table of, 66, 67 



of excellence, use of, 225 



weight, table, 70 

 Start, small beginning, 56 

 Starting time, 61 

 Sternum, 294 

 Sticking, 410 

 Stimulating feeds, 182 

 Stock, importance of good, 61 



method of acquiring, 100 



quality of, 101 



Stock, selection of, 96, 267 

 Storage of dressed poultry, 448 



of eggs, 442 

 Substantive, variation, 237 

 Suburban poultry farming, 25 

 Success and failure, causes of, 96 



best way to achieve, 7, 56, 61 

 Succulence for chicks, 361 



need of, 210 

 Sultans, appearance, 77 

 Sunflower seeds, 192 

 Sunlight, 1Q6 

 Supply, 427 



vs. demand, 32 

 Surgery, 504 

 Survey, poultry farm management, 516 



in Connecticut, 527 



in Indiana, 529 



in New Jersey, 524 



results of, 524 

 Swiss chard, 201 

 Symptoms of disease, 500 

 System, best for beginner, 60 



defined, 295 



the key to success, 62 

 Systems of feeding, best, 215 

 classified, 212 



of poultry farming classified, 69 



Tapeworm, 512 

 Tar, use as a paint, 123 

 Taste, sense of, 299 

 Telephone, need of, 54 

 Temperature for brooding, 257 



for holding hatching eggs, 288 



for incubation, 33 



fowl's body, 169 



of houses, 109 

 Testicles, location, 298 

 Testing eggs, 320, 343 

 Thermostat, use of, 333 

 Tile, use under foundation, 126 

 Time to start, 61 

 Tissue defined, 295 



kinds of, 295 

 Toe punching, 454 



manner of, 322 

 Training for exhibition, 477 

 Transit, use of, 124 

 Transportation, facilities for, 21 



need of, 54 

 Tra{>-nesting to improve egg production, 278 

 Trap nests, 148 



design, 149 



usage. 149 



