168 
Corn, feeding new, 157, 158 
Curtains clogged with dust, 
33 : 
in fresh-air houses, 27 
D 
Day-old chicks, 
with, 5, 150 
cost of, 5 
Disinfecting poultry houses, 
beginning 
95 
Dropping boards, 41 
Ducks, how to dress, 134 
how to feed, 117 
Indian Runner, 114 
Pekin, 120 
Rouen, 121 
shade for, 121 
Dust bath, how to make a, 89 
E 
Eggs, brown, 12, 22 
care of, 104 
cooling, 68 
effect of food on color of, 
88 
effect of food on flavor of, 
87, 88 
for hatching, 4; 59 
in winter, 84 
preserving, 129 
sale of, 104 
sprinkling, 69 
storing, 88 
testing, 69 
turning, 67 
white, 12, 22 
Expenses for stock, 4 
for buildings, 9, 37 
Experiment stations, 
tions of, 159 
F 
Fancy poultry as a source of 
profit, 109 
loca- 
INDEX 
Fancy poultry — Continued. 
fitting for shows, I11 
kept for recreation, 105 
Feeding balanced rations, 46 
beef scraps, 53, 75, 117 
chickens, 74, 81 
ducks and ducklings, 117 
goslings, 122 
grain, 46, 51 
laying hens, 46 
with patent feeders, 97 
milk to chicks, 135 
sprouted grains to chicks, 
I 
Feeds for chicks, 75 
green, 56, 76, 86, IOI, 119 
influence of, on color in 
eggs, 88 
influence of, on flavor in 
eggs, 87-88 
Fencing, importance of, 102 
Foundations for poultry 
houses, 39 
Floors, different kinds of, 38 
Frosted combs, remedy for, 
142 
G 
Geese, age of, 122 
dispositions of, 122 
Embden, 123 
feeding, 123 
Gray African, 124 
Toulouse, 123 
Grass clippings, how to feed, 
137 
Grain, kinds to feed, 46 
sprouted, how to prepare, 
136 
Green cut bone, value of, 89 
Green feeds 
alfalfa, 56 
beets, 57 
cabbage, 57 
clover, 56 
for ducklings, 119 
