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Index 



Polish, 82; Red Caps, 40; Rhode 

 Island Reds, 79; Silkies, 84; Sultans, 

 85; Wyandottes, 68. 



Characteristics of egg breeds, 16. 



Chickens, number of, in the United 

 States, 2. 



Chick rations, 226; manner of feeding, 

 227. 



Cholera, 342; how communicated, 342; 

 symptoms of, 342; treatment for, 343. 



Classes of chickens described, 14-16. 



Classification of breeds, 13. 



Close-feathered egg breeds, 23. 



Clover as food, 179. 



Clover hay, 181. 



Cochins, characteristics of, 52. 



Cold storage for eggs, 329. 



Combination form of roof, 112. 



Common fowls, improvement of, 165. 



Community system of hatching, 213. 



Construction of floors, 113; nests, 129; 

 perches, 123; roofs, 110; side walls, 

 105; hollow, 107; straw ceilings, 121; 

 ventilators, 118. 



Construction of houses, 96 ; economy of, 

 87. 



Convenience of buildings, 92 ; as regards 

 labor, 93. 



Corn as a food for laying hens, 175. 



Cornish Games, 77. 



Cramming, 198; machine for, 199; man- 

 ner of feeding, 199. 



Cross-breeding, 160. 



Crows, dangers from, 353. 



Dangers of in-and-in-breeding, 159; of 



cross breeding, 161. 

 Dark Brahmas, 49. 

 Description of egg breeds, 14; of fancy 



breeds, 16; of general purpose 



breeds, 15; of meat breeds, 15. 

 Description of gape worm, Syngamus 



trachealis, 335. 



Description of lice, 331; of mites, 334. 

 Deteriorated eggs, 321. 

 Diarrhea, 351; symptoms of, 351; 



treatment for, 351. 



Diseases and enemies of poultry, 330. 

 Diseases of brooder chicks, 237-239. 

 Disinfect fattening fowls, 200. 

 Disinfectants for roup, 340. 

 Disposition of egg breeds, 17; of general - 



purpose breeds, 59; of meat breeds, 



42. 



Dominiques, 73. 

 Dorkings, 74; description of, 75. 

 Drainage, 89. 



Dressed fowls, how cooled, 307. 

 Dressed fowls, when to ship, 312. 

 Dressing poultry, 303. 

 Drinking-fountains, 130; essentials of, 



133; for little chicks, 234; kinds of, 



130-133. 



Dry-feed hoppers, 233. 

 Dry-picking fowls, 306. 

 Duck rearing, animal food essential, 



267; feeding troughs for, 267; green 



food for, 268; pure water essential, 



267; stampeding, 269; water-troughs, 



268. 



Duck rearing, use of disinfectants, 266. 

 Ducks and chickens require little land, 



7. 

 Ducks, breeds of, 259; Aylesbury, 260; 



Black Cayuga, 263; Call, 264; East 



Indian, 259; Muscovy, 263; Pekin, 



259; Rouen, 261. 

 Ducks, cleanliness essential, 265. 

 Ducks, food and care, 264; natural 



food, 264. 

 Ducks, general discussion, 256; easily 



confined, 258; reared for meat, 256; 



streams or ponds not necessary, 258. 

 Ducks, number of, in the United States, 



2. 

 Dust-boxes, 133; location of, 134. 



Early maturity of egg breeds, 19. 

 Egg breeds, characteristics of, lli 



disposition of, 17. 

 Egg breeds classified, 13; are small or 



medium sized, 14. 

 Egg breeds, called "non- sitters," 22; 



close-feathered, 23; easily frightened, 



