INDEX 



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Crossbred poultry, exhibitions of, 552 



Crower, a cock or cockerel as used by 

 market poultrymen, particularly a 

 cockerel 



Crow head, a pinched, peaked-looking 

 head with poor development of comb 

 and wattles 



Cuckoo-colored, barred gray and white 



Cuckoo Leghorns, 362 



Cucumbers, 198 



Cull, a waster, a specimen of such in- 

 ferior quality as to be unfit for exhi- 

 bition or for breeding purposes. In 

 market poultry, the poorest grade of 

 salable stock, 320 



Curd, 202 



Curl, the two recurved tail coverts of a 

 drake 



Cushion, a conspicuous elevation of the 

 feathers of the rump of a hen or pul- 

 let, caused by the length and texture 

 of the feathers 



Cuts in score-card judging, 568 



Cutters, bone, 169; hay, 169; root, 169 



Cygnet, a young swan 



Damage to poultry in transit, liability 

 for, 581 



Daw eye, an eye having pinkish-yellow 

 glints. Originally a gray eye like that 

 of a jackdaw 



Decimal score card, 571 ; decimal sys- 

 tem of score-card judging, 568 



Deck feathers, a name sometimes given 

 to the two upper main tail feathers 

 of a fowl 



Deformed types, 424 



Depth of poultry house, 118 



Dewlap, a pendulous fold of skin on 

 the throat, directly under the beak or 

 bill. In turkeys which have not lat- 

 eral wattles this skin is commonly 

 called the wattle 



Diet, effect of change in, 295 



Dietetic causes of disease, 338 



Digestion coefficients, 181 



Digestive organs of poultry, 172 



Diphtheritic roup, analogous to diph- 

 theria in human beings 



Dirty eggs, market for, 325 



Disease symptoms, 337, 339 



Dislocating neck, killing by, illustrated, 

 312 



Disqualification, a fault which debars a 

 specimen from competition; effect 

 of, on value, 582 



Distemper, a severe cold, commonly 

 applied to hot-weather colds 



Distribution of poultry products, 330 

 Disturbances, effect of, on growth, 288 ; 



effect of, on laying, 291 

 Dogs, control of, 282 ; exhibits of, at 



poultry shows, 550 

 Dominance, 467 

 Dominique Leghorn, 362 

 Dominiques. See American Dominiques 

 Dorkings, 378 ; Dark, illustrated, 380 ; 



Silver Gray, illustrated, 379, 494, 501 

 Double-mating system, 491, 509, 534 

 Dough carts, illustrated, 37, 170 

 Down, rudimentary feathers. See 



Feather 

 Drainage, 76 

 Drake, a male duck 

 Dressed poultry, exhibits of, at shows, 



549; judging, 574 

 Dressing poultry, 311, 333 

 Drinking vessels, 166 

 Drooped wings, wings habitually held 



in a drooping position ; common in 



young stock that is ill-nourished or 



lacking in vitality 

 Droppings boards, 1 58 

 Dry bone, 203 

 Dry houses, 104 

 Dry mash, 219 

 Dry packing, 321 

 Dry picking, 316 

 Dub, to cut off the comb and wattles, 



and sometimes also the ear lobes 

 Duck, the common name of the duck 



species ; especially applied to the 



female 



Duck-footed, having very short or de- 

 formed hind toes 

 Duck growing, 48 ; overproduction in, 



63 



Duckling, a young duck 



Ducks, green, 304 ; height of fence for, 

 96; laying habits of, 130, 160; rations 

 for, 234; varieties of: Aylesbury, 441; 

 illustrated, 503 ; Blue Swedish, 443 ; 

 illustrated, 441 ; Blue Termonde, 

 443 ; Call, 448 ; Cayuga, 442 ; illus- 

 trated, 440 ; common, 449 ; Crested 

 White, 448;' Duclair-Rouen, 441; 

 Indian Runner, illustrated, 446; 

 Mallard, illustrated, 438 ; Merchtem, 

 442 ; Muscovy, 444 ; illustrated, 443- 

 444 ; Pekin, 443 ; illustrated, 442, 502, 

 504 ; Penguin, 447 ; Rouen, illus- 

 trated, 439, 505; color selection of, 



534 

 Duckwing Leghorns, 361, illustrated, 



362 

 Du Mans fowls, 381 



