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POULTRY CULTURE 



Durability of poultry houses, 127 

 Durra, 195 

 Dust bath, 167, 342 

 Dutch Everyday Layers, 373 

 Dysentery, a severe diarrhea with 

 bloody discharges 



Ear lobe, a fold of bare, enameled skin 

 below the ear of a fowl ; injury to the, 



556 

 Eccentric features in poultry houses, 



126 

 Economic values of exhibition poultry, 



577 

 Educational features of poultry shows, 



536 



Egg, appearance of fertile, 249 ; crop, 

 effect of poor hatching season on, 

 65 ; description of an, 238 ; develop- 

 ment of an, 289 



Egg-bound, unable to extrude a full- 

 grown egg 



Egg eating, a vice, 342 



Egg farming, 32 



Egg production, 289 ; mating fowls for, 

 492 



Eggs, analyses of, 202 ; boxes and cases 

 for, 327; colors of, 326; cooling, in 

 incubators, 258 ; effect on, of chilling 

 during incubation, 250; exhibits of, 

 at shows, 549 ; as food, 31 ; for hatch- 

 ing, guaranty of fertility of, 582; in- 

 cubating cracked, 258; infertile, as 

 poultry food, 217 ; influence of male 

 on production of, 494 ; judging, 574 ; 

 methods of shipping, 585 ; number 

 of, in setting, 246; preparation of, 

 for market, 325; properties of, 10; 

 relation of size of, to size of bird, 

 492 ; selection of, for hatching, 245 ; 

 sizes of, 326 ; testing, 248, 259 ; treat- 

 ment of, at hatching time, 251, 263 ; 

 turning, in incubators, 258; weights 

 of, 327 



Egg type, 71, 472 



Egyptian corn, 195 



Electric regulators for incubators and 

 brooders, 281 



Enamel, the smooth, glossy surface of 

 the ear lobe of a fowl 



English Games, illustrated, 347 



English meat types, 377 



English type of Leghorn, 356 



Ensilage, 196 



Enteritis, inflammation of the small 

 intestines, 339 



Ermine color pattern, mating the, 520 ; 

 undercolor in the, 533 



Erminette, 520 



Estaires, 423 



Ethics of conditioning exhibition poul- 

 try, 560 



European meat types, 376 



Excelsior for packing eggs, 585 



Exercise, relation of, to egg production, 

 296 ; relation of, to feeding, 209 



Exhibition pen, 543 



Export style of packing poultry, 321 



Extensive methods, 79 



Extensive systems, 87 



Eye, color of, as an indication of vigor, 

 473 



Face, the side of the head, especially 

 when bare, as in gallinaceous poultry 



Factors in score-card judging, 568 



Factory methods, 33 



Faking, 557 



Fancy poultry, profits in, 578 ; status 

 of, 59 



Fantail, a tail spread perpendicularly, 

 also called rudder tail 



Farm methods, 35, 80 



Farmer's colony house, illustrated, 140 



Fasting before killing, 311 



Fat, effects of excessive, 209 



Fats, 179 



Fattening, methods of, 301 



Fattening and killing houses, illus- 

 trated, 149 



Fattening rations, 233 



Fattening sheds for ducks, illustrated, 53 



Faverolles, illustrated, 423 



Feather, a typical feather, having quill, 

 shaft, and web. Feathers on different 

 parts of a bird are of different forms. 

 As distinguished from a typical fea- 

 ther a down feather is hairlike, with- 

 out discernible quill, while a stub, or 

 stub feather, shows quill and web 

 but in rudimentary form 



Feather eating, 342 



Feathers, a by-product, 10; care of 

 marketable, 324 ; selling, 334 



Feeding, forced, 213 ; methods of, 208 ; 

 need of practice in, 2 ; poultry at 

 shows, 564 



Feeding habits of poultry, 209 



Feed mixer, 169 



Feed room, 167 



Feed troughs, 163 



Fences, 95 



Fertile egg, appearance of a, 249 



Fertility, 234 ; guaranties of, 582 ; pe- 

 riod of, 489 ; relation of, to vitality, 

 240 



