INDEX 
A 
American Poultry Associa- 
tion, 106 
American Standard of Per- 
fection, 106, 108 
Artichokes for shade, 152 
B 
Bantams as layers, 21 
as pets, 21 
for pleasure, 8, 111 
show, III 
Breeds 
Anconas, 13, 14, 22 
Andalusians, 19 
Bantams, 8, 21, 111 
Brahmas, 17, 22, 85 
Cochins, 22 
Cornish, 19 
Hamburgs, 19 
Houdans, 20, 22, 110 
Leghorns, 12, 14, 18, 22, 85 
Langshans, 17, 22 
Minorcas, 18, 22 
Orpingtons, 19, 22 
Plymouth Rocks, 2, 12, 16, 
5 
Polish, 19, 110 
Rhode Island Reds, 14, 16, 
22 
Wyandottes, 16, 22 
Breeding, stock for, 92, 93 
cockerels for, 108 
Brooders, fireless, 82 
operating, 79 
temperature, of, 80 
Brooders — Continued. 
ventilation of, 149 
where to use, 148 
Broody hens, breaking up, 150 
coop for, 44 
superseding, 131 
€ 
Capons for the home table, 
132 
to brood chicks, 132 
Charcoal, feeding, 54 
Chickens, day-old, 5, 150 
feed box for, 151 
how to feed, 74 
how to dress, 133 
how to mark, 130, 164 
in brooders, 79 
protection for, 151 
when to hatch, 72 
with hens, 73 
Classes 
American, 15, 17, 22 
Asiatic, 17, 22 
breeds included in the va- 
rious, 22 
division into, 15 
English, 22 
French, 22 
Mediterranean, 18, 22 
Coal ashes, use of in chicken 
yards, 136 
Color of eggs, 22 
of flesh, 22, 23 
Coops for chicks, 73 
with runs, 100 
167 
