Index 



367 



Meat breeds, disposition of, 42; easily 

 confined, 43; large fowls, 41; late 

 maturing, 46; laying qualities of, 44; 

 poor foragers, 43; quality of flesh, 41; 

 varieties of, 46. 



Meat foods, 182; for little chicks, 228. 



Meat production compared to egg pro- 

 duction, 45. 



Methods of cooking dressed fowls, 307. 



Mexican turkey, 285. 



Minorcas, description of, 34 ; history of, 

 33; varieties of, 33. 



Mites, 334; habits of, 334; remedies for, 

 334. 



Money invested yields quick returns, 8. 



Movable houses, 142. 



Muscovy ducks, 263. 



Muslin windows, 119. 



Narragansett turkeys, 287. 



Natural and artificial incubation com- 

 pared, 203. 



Natural food, of ducks, 264; of geese, 

 276. 



Natural food of goslings, 276. 



Necessary air-space per fowl, 102. 



Nests, 126; arrangement of, 127; mater- 

 ial for, 130; size of, 129. 



Number of chickens in the United 

 States, 2; ducks in the United States, 

 2; geese in the United States, 2; 

 turkeys in the United States, 2. 



Number of females to one male, turkeys, 

 291; guineas, 296. 



Oats as a food, 178. 



Open-front houses, 121. 



Operating incubators, 213. 



Operation for caponizing, 249. 



Origin of Brahmas, 47; Cochins, 51; 

 Faverolle, 54; Javas, 72; Leghorns, 

 25; Minorcas, 33; Orpingtons, 70; 

 Plymouth Rocks, 63; White-faced 

 Black Spanish, 36; Wyandottes, 68. 

 Orpingtons, general description of, 71; 

 origin of, 70; size of, 72; varieties of ,72. 



Outdoor brooders, 217. 



Overfeeding, 188. 

 Oyster shells, 185. 



Pate de foie gras, 277. 



Pea comb, 48. 



Pea fowls, 297; habits of, 297; objec- 

 tions to, 297. 



Packages, how marked, 311. 



Packing dressed fowls for shipment, 309. 



Packing fowls in ice, 310; detailed 

 description of, 310. 



Parks and yards, 135. 



Pekin ducks, 259. 



Pepper, 187. 



Perches, construction of, 123; location 

 of, 124. 



Pigeons, general discussion, 298; houses 

 for, 300. 



Placing an incubator, 209; even tem- 

 perature desired, 209. 



Plum trees for the poultry-yard, 140. 



Plumping, 308. 



Plymouth Rocks, 62; varieties of, 63; 

 weight of, 63. 



Poisoning from salt, 186; remedies for, 

 351. 



Poisoning rats, 352. 



Polish, 82; varieties of, 83. 



Portable poultry-houses, 141. 



Poultry, dressing for market, 302. 



Poultry rearing compared, 4 ; a business 

 of details, 5. 



Poultry, frozen, 311. 



Poultry statistics unreliable, 2. 



Precautions against vermin, 95. 



Preparation for caponizing, 246. 



Preparing capons for market, 250. 



Preparing eggs for market, 319. 



Preparing poultry for market, 302. 



Preserving eggs, 324; various methods, 

 of, 325. 



Preventive measures for gapes, 337. 



Produce good-sized eggs, 31. 



Products easy to market, 11. 



Profit from feeding, 188. 



Profits of capon rearing, 240. 



Pure-bred vs. common stock, 165. 



