Index 



American breeds, origin of, 13 

 Asiatic fowls, 9, 10, 12, 17 



Back, 71 



Barred color, inheritance of, 92 



Barred Plymouth Rocks 



breeding of, 92, 110, 111, 125, 127 



crosses that produced the, 106 



dark and light matings in, 127 



early breeders of, 104 



future of, 128 



improvement in, 115 



mating for color in, 125 



origin of, 15, 103, 106 



pullet breeding, 119 

 Barring, 89 



lighter in male than in female, 110 

 Beak, 77 

 Black Wyandottes 



early history of, 208 



eye color of, 207 



future of, 209 



mating of, 209 



recognized as a Standard variety, 3-17 



shank color of, 207 

 Blue color, 86 

 Blue Plymouth Rocks, 171 

 Body, 74 

 Breast, 73 

 Breeder 



place of the, 37 



qualifications of the, 39 



work of, 43 

 Breeding 



color and markings, 91 



effect of heavy laying on, 28 



factors in, 51 



for increased egg production, 26, 49 



for increased size, 21 



principles of, 48 

 Buff Plymouth Rocks 



breeding of, 148 



correct shade of buff, 146 



origin of, 141 

 Buff Wyandottes 



breeding of, 202 



correct color of, 205 



origin of, 201 

 Buckeyes 



characteristics of, 250 



origin of, 249 



Columbian Plymouth Rocks 

 mating, 168 

 origin of, 164 



Columbian Wyandottes 



mating, 229 



origin of, 227 



Combs, rose and single, 48, 78 

 Culling, 62 



Dominiques, 108, 236 

 Double mating, 94 



Ear lobes, 77, 100 

 Economical producers, 32 

 Eggs 



brown shelled, 18 



purebred birds as layers of, 27 



records of, 23 

 Eyes, 77, 101 



Face, 77 

 Fancier, 80 

 Feather 



secondary, 82 



size of, 86 



structure of, 82 

 Fluff, 74 



Giants, Black Jersey, 234 

 Golden Laced Wyandottes 



mating of, 191 



origin of, 186 



progress in, 187 



type of, 190 



Hatching, late, 99 

 Head, 76 



Inbreeding, 44 



Javas, Black, 231 



characteristics of, 233 



mating, 233 



Mottled, 234 



White, 234 

 Judging, 69 

 Jungle fowls, 6 



Lacing, 89, 181 

 Sebright, 184 

 Legs, 75 

 Leg bands, 253 

 Linebreeding, 46 



Meat 



breeding for, 20 



poultry, 19 



wanted by poultry buyers, 22 



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