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INDEX 



Inheritance as affecting breeding, 226 



definition, 226 



genotype conception of, 234 



of disease, 227 



of fecundity, 233 



statistical conception of, 233 

 Instruction, collegiate, 2 



by correspondence, 3 



demand for, 1 



diversity of, 1 



elementary, 2 



need for, 1 



secondary, 2 



types of, 2 



Internal parasites, 510 

 Intestinal worms, 511 

 Intestines, location and functions, 297 

 Inventory making, 458 



record, 455 

 Investment in buildings, 60 



in equipment, 60 



poultry keeping as an, 24 

 Ireland, poultry farming in, 36 

 Italy, poultry farming in, 38 



Journals, list of, 520 

 Judges, selection of, 485 

 Judging, 486 



by comparison, 487 



by scoring, 488 



methods of, 487 



objects of, 486 



principles of, 487 

 Jungle fowl, description of, 63 



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Kaffir corn, 192 

 Key-word is system, 62 

 Killing, chapter on, 403-421 

 knife for, 412 

 methods of, 409 

 preparation for, 409 



Labor, amount of, 60 



economy of, 52 



records, 461 



Labor-saving devices, 60 

 Laboratory practice, methods of, 4 



need of, 4 



Lady Cornell, performance of, 259 

 Land contour, 46 



form of capital, 59 



ownership vs. rental, 59 



required, 28 



shape of, 50 



Land, size or area, 50 

 Langshan, origin, 72 

 Law of atavism, 240 

 of correlation, 241 

 of inheritance, 229 

 of variation, 235 

 Lawn clippings, 198 

 Laws of breeding, 229 

 Lay bones, 294 

 Laying houses, capacity of, 108 



doors, 119 



features of design, 105 



floors, 117 



foundations, 116 



framing, 118 



height of, 112 



materials for, 111 



moisture in, 107 



multiple-unit, 128 



practical types, 128 



roofs, 114 



shapes, 112 



size, 110 



standard-unit, 115 



sunlight, 106 



ventilation, 108 



walls and partitions, 118 



windows and curtains, 120 

 rations, California, 219 



Cornell, 218 



New Jersey, 216 

 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 

 denned, 248 

 for eggs, 253 



Linseed meal, composition of, 193 

 Litter, 272 



