604 



POULTRY CULTURE 



Green geese, 305 



Grit, function of, 174, 203 ; in commer- 

 cial mixed feeds, 211 



Groats, buckwheat, 191 



Grooming and faking, difference be- 

 tween, 557 



Growth, effect of check in, on laying, 

 291 ; rate of, 284 



Guineas, 436 ; rations for, 234 



Hackle, the hackle feathers, the long, 

 narrow feathers on the neck of a fowl 



Half-barrel nests, illustrated, 244 



Hamburgs, 368 ; Silver-Spangled, illus- 

 trated, 373-374 



Hammonton, N.J., a broiler center, 43 



Hampton Institute, colony system at, 

 illustrated, 90 



Hangers, the posterior, or saddle, 

 hackle feathers 



Hatches, causes of poor, 264 



Hatching, conditions of good, 252 



Hatching time, treatment of eggs at, 251 



Hawk-colored fowls, 14 



Hay, 197 ; cutters, 169 



Heat, function of, in incubation, 240; 

 regulation in artificial brooding, 276 



Height, of fences, 96 ; of poultry houses, 

 118 ; x>f roosts, 157 



Hempseed, 195 



Hen, an adult female fowl ; in exhibi- 

 tion classification, a bird one year old 

 or over. Also in compounds, turkey 

 hen, pea hen, etc. 



Hen-feathered, a term applied to cocks 

 lacking distinctive male plumage 



Henny, hen-feathered 



Hillside, poultry house on, 154 



Hinges, 101 



Hock, the joint at the junction of the 

 feathered thigh and the scaly shank 

 of a bird 



Hoppers, feed, 165 



Horn comb, a small, fleshy comb hav- 

 ing two upright spikes at the rear 



Hotels as buyers of eggs, 330 



Houdan, 381, illustrated, 382 



Houses, 102 



Hulls, cottonseed, 193 ; rice, 192 



Huttegem fowl, 424 



Hygiene and sanitation, 337 



Ice packing for poultry, 321 



Improved types, quality of, 479 



Inbreeding, 485 



Incubation, antiquity of, 17; develop- 

 ment of the chick in, 261 ; period of, 

 250 



Incubator, common errors in operating, 

 264; first practical, 17; management 

 of, when hatching, 263 ; routine work 

 of operating, 258; selection of, 254; 

 ventilation in, 259 



Incubator cellars, 256; illustrated, 47, 

 2 54 



Indigestible food materials, action of, 

 176 



Indoor brooders, coops for, 132 



Influenza, contagious catarrh 



Inheritance, constitution and, 266 ; phe- 

 nomena of, 467 



Inland duck farms, 51 



Insecticides, 342 



Institutes at poultry shows, 552 



Intensive methods, 79 ; illustrated, 32- 

 34, 83-84, 272 ; application of, to 

 roaster growing, 92 ; not adapted to 

 large operations, 28 



Intensive systems, advantages and dis- 

 advantages of, 89 



Intermediate matings, 491 



Internal parasites, 341 



Iowa Agricultural College, colony 

 houses at, 91 ; fattening houses at, 

 150; long houses at, illustrated, 145 



Italian fowls, 355, 360 



Japan, food of fowls in, 178 



Javas, 404 



Jersey Blue, 397 



Jews, relation of, to live-poultry trade, 



333 



Journalism, influence of, on the poultry 

 industry, 19 



Judges, compensation of, 539 ; qualifi- 

 cations of, 541 



Judging, definition and objects of, 566; 

 methods of, 542, 577; ring, 551 



Jungle fowl, 344 



Kafir corn, 194 



Kansas Agricultural College ration, 229 

 Keel, the lower lengthwise line of the 

 body ; strictly the ridge on the breast- 

 bone, but technically, the outline of 

 the bird from the anterior point of 

 the breastbone to the vent 

 Keratitis, a disease of the eye 

 Killing, methods of, 311 

 Killing houses, illustrated, 149 

 Knob, the round, horny protuberance 

 at the juncture of the upper mandible 

 and the skull of African and China 

 Geese 



Knock-kneed, having the hocks bent 

 inward 



