Index 



369 



Treatment, for freezing, 348; for scaly 



legs, 348. 



Treatment for roup, 339. 

 Troughs, water, for ducks, 268. 

 Turkeys, care and food for the young, 



292; first food for, 293; grain foods 



for, 294. 



Turkeys, general discussion, 280. 

 Turkeys, selection of breeding stock, 



290. 

 Turkeys, varieties of, 285; Black, 288; 



Bourbon, 289; Bronze, 286; Buff, 



288;, Narragansett, 287; Slate, 288; 



White Holland, 287. 



United States Census Report, 2. 

 Useful qualities of fowls, 44. 



Variation, 154; law of, 154; male leads 

 in, 156. 



Varieties of Bantams, 86. 



Varieties of egg breeds, 24. 



Varieties of meat breeds, 46. 



Varieties of pigeons for squab rearing, 

 301. 



Varieties of Polish, 83. 



Vegetable and animal nitrogen com- 

 pared, 182. 



Ventilation, 117; by means of straw 

 ceilings, 120; open-front houses, 121. 



Ventilators, construction of, 118. 

 Vermin, precautions against, 95. 

 Vigorous fowls most profitable, 188. 



Water-glass as an egg preservative, 



326; how made, 327. 

 Wheat as a food for laying hens, 177. 

 When to ship poultry, 312. 

 White diarrhea, 345. 

 White-faced Black Spanish, 36. 

 White Leghorns, 30. 

 White or Brown Leghorns preferred, 32. 

 White Orpingtons, 72. 

 White Plymouth Rocks, 65. 

 Wild and domesticated turkeys com-, 

 . pared, 281. 

 Wild turkey crosses, 282. 

 Wild turkeys, where found, 280. 

 Windows, number and size of, 115; 



location of. 115; shutters for, 115. 

 Wyandottes, description of, 69; noted 



for utility, 70; origin of, 68; size of, 



68; varieties of, 70. 



Yards and parks, 135; cultivation of, 



138; fruit trees for, 140. 

 Yolk, color of, affected by food, 176. 

 Young ducks, food for, 267. 

 Young fowls require more exercise, 8: 



more land required, 11. 



