Index 



365 



18; easily frozen, 23; fly readily, 18; 

 generally hardy, 20; good foragers, 

 22; mature early, 19; nervous dis- 

 position, 19; poor sitters, 20; pro- 

 lificacy of, 21. 



Egg breeds described, 14. 



Egg breeds, varieties of, 24. 



Egg-eating, 128, 349. 



Egg production and meat production, 

 45. 



Eggs deteriorated, 321; shrunken, 321; 

 spoiled, 321. 



Eggs, feeding for, 171; selection for 

 fertility, 150; selection of, 145. 



Eggs, forced feeding for, 174. 



Eggs, how prepared for market, 

 319. 



Eggs, preserving in cold storage, 329. 



Eggs, preserving in lime water, 329; 

 preserving in water-glass, 326. 



Eggs, shipping cases for, 322. 



Embden geese, 272. 



Enemies and diseases of poultry, 

 330. 



English method of killing, 313. 



English methods of dressing, 312. 



Essentials of a brooder, 217. 



Evaporated milk by-products as food, 

 184. 



Exercise and egg production, 172. 



Exercise for little chicks, 230. 



Exercise not necessary for fattening, 

 172. 



Failures due to inexperience, 5. 



Fancy breeds, 81. 



Fancy breeds described, 16. 



Faverolles, 54; description of, 54. 



Feather-eating, 350. 



Feeding and exercise, 191. 



Feeding for eggs, 171. 



Feeding for meat or fattening, 196; 

 animal meal, 196; coops, 197; exer- 

 cise, 197; grain food, 196. 



Feeding in litter, 191. 



Feeding little chickens, 224; food for, 

 225. 



Feed-troughs, 191; for little chicks, 232. 



Fencing yards, 138. 



Fertility of eggs, 151. 



Flavor of eggs affected by food, 173. 



Floors, 113; kinds of, 113. 



Floor space necessary, 100. 



Flying-lofts for pigeons, 300. 



Food for broilers, 254. 



Food for goslings, 276. 



Food, ground, 189. 



Food, manner of feeding, 187; for 



fattening fowls, 200. 

 Food, quality of, 172. 

 Foraging of egg breeds, 22. 

 Forced feeding for eggs, 174. 

 Formation of breeds through crossing, 



162. 



Forming machine, 314; how used, 315. 

 Form of house, 97. 

 Foundation of buildings, 102. 

 Fowls, Guinea, 294. 

 Freezing, 348; treatment for, 348. 

 Fresh bones, 182. 



Fresh eggs, 320; how marketed, 320. 

 Frizzles, description of, 85. 

 Frozen poultry, 311. 

 Fruit trees for yards and parks, 140. 



Gable roof, 110. 



Game fowls, 84; varieties of, 84. 



Games, Cornish, 77. 



Gapes, 335; description of, 335; reme- 

 dies for, 336. 



Geese, general discussion, 269; African, 

 273; Canadian, or Wild, 275; Chinese, 

 274; Embden, 272; Toulouse, 271. 



Geese, houses for, 278. 



General-purpose breeds described, 15. 



General-purpose fowls, 57; disposition 

 of, 59; early maturing, 60; good 

 foragers, 60; good sitters, 60; size of, 

 59; useful qualities of, 58. 



Good-sized eggs sell best, 30. 



Goslings, food for, 276; natural food of, 

 276. 



Grading fowls for shipment, 318. 



"Grading up," 167. 



