INDEX 



565 



Egg, passage down oviduct, 301 

 preservation, 441 



producing States, conditions in, 1 1 

 production, as affected by physical 

 condition, 180 



as affected by temperature, 266 



breeding for, 252 



controlling factors in, 267 



culling for, 534 



distribution of, 235, 557 



feeding for, 176 



from pure breeds, 96 



how improved, 235, 278 



leading States in, 11 



measure of, 536 



of meat breeds, 85 



small flock, 25 



records, importance of, 278 



relation to profits, 525 



type defined, 257 

 meaning of, 71 

 scoring for, 490 

 Eggs, collection, 287, 432 

 composition of, 305 

 fertility of, 306 

 for food, 429 

 for hatching, effect of age, 289 



effect of temperature, 288 



keeping, 288 

 grading, 432 

 hatching, 428 

 infertile, 437 



malformed, causes of, 305 

 market classification, 433 

 number under one hen, 318 

 packing, 435 



preventable losses in, 437 

 prices, 429 



putting in incubator, 336 

 scoring, 492 

 selection, 287, 432 

 shipping, 436 

 storage of, 442 

 testing of, 320, 343 

 uniformity from pure breeds, 97, 434 

 use of artificial, 279 

 value for feeding, 197 

 yields, amount of, 278 

 Eggshell, composition and function, 303 

 Egyptian egg ovens, 326 

 Embryo, development of, 300, 306, 308, 



309, 438 

 location of, 302 



Employment, poultry keeping as an, 24 

 Enemies, 512 

 England, poultry farming in, 35 



English classes, breeds comprising, 73 

 Environment, effect on breeding, 227 



effect on egg production, 104, 268 



for young stock, 369 

 Epiblast defined, 307 

 Epsom salts, 506 

 Equipment, amount of, 60 



choice of, 60 



for feeding, 204 



Equipping the poultry house, 143-157 

 Evaporation in incubation, 341 

 Examination, post-mortem, 502 

 Exclusive poultry farming defined, 26 

 Exercise, effect of insufficient, 256 



during winter, 271 



for chicks, 361 

 Exercise, how induced, 108 

 Exercise, importance in breeding, 180, 228 

 Exhibiting, 473 



care at show, 482 

 Exhibition, arrangement of, 485 



development of, 474 



for pleasure, 473 



preparing for, 477 



training for, 477 



type of, 475 " 

 Experience, as affecting profits, 527 



value of, 58 



Experiment stations, list of, 517 

 Extension teaching defined, 2 



methods of, 3 

 Eye ring, changes due to laying, 537 



Factors affecting breeding, 226 

 growth, 369 



bringing greater profits, 35 

 Fallacies in breeding, 264 

 Family use, poultry for, 25 

 Fancier, opportunities of the, 23 

 Fancy breeds, classification of, 94 

 purposes of, 94 



points, breeding for, 23 

 poultry keeping for, 23 



poultry farming, location for, 44 



qualities defined, 94 

 Farm area, distribution of, 518-522 



as a home, 42 



flocks, surveys of 528 



flock, frontispiece 



income, definition, 520 

 Fat, amount in birds, 171 



appearance and prevalence in feeds, 171 



as related to laying condition, 180 



defined, 170 



function of, 172 



