INDEX 
Green feeds — Continued. 
importance of, 56 
lawn clippings, 57 
lettuce, 57 
on town lots, IoI 
rape, 57, 76 
sprouted oats, 76, 136 
Swiss chard, 57 
Grit, importance of, 53 
Guinea fowl as a substitute 
for game, 124 
as mischief makers, 127 
cry of, 124 
H 
Hatching, dates for, 72, 147 
goose eggs, 122 
guinea eggs, 125 
Houses, deep, 33 
double pitched roof, 32 
for ducks, 116 
for geese, 123 
fresh-air, 26 
portable, 7, 36 
to keep cool, 153 
Tolman, 31 
year-round, 8 
Hoppers, home-made, 52 
I 
Incubation periods, 165 
Incubators, operation of, 66 
purchase of, 65, 146 
Insect powder, a satisfactory, 
63 
Insurance and incubators, 66 
J) 
Jungle fowl, what 
says of, 23 
L 
Lamps, incubator, 67 
Laying, how to stimulate, 80, 
156 
Darwin 
169 
Laying hens, how to move, 
136 
pelvic test for, 128 
simple test for, 158 
Lice, how to get rid of, 140 
in summer, 153 
on chicks, 78 
on sitting hens, 64 
varieties of, 138 
Literature for poultry keep- 
ers, 161 
Litter, depth of, 86 
feeding in, 51 
kinds of, 55 
M 
Mash, dry, 40 
home-made, 52, 89 
wet, 49 
Matings, when to make, 109 
Movable houses, value of, 4o 
Mustard, use of, 53, 90, 156 
N 
Nest eggs, how to make, 134 
Nests, dark, 43 
for sitting hens, 63 
of guinea hens, 125 
size of, 42 
trap, 90 
No-yard system, plan of, 94 
O 
Oyster shells, necessity of, 53 
P 
Perches, arrangement of, 41 
Profits from fancy poultry, 
106 
usually small, 10 
Pullets best for laying, 3 
buying in the fall, 8 
laying ages of, 85 
to secure preponderance of, 
135, 
marking, 156 
