INDEX 



607 



Pears, 194 



Peas, 194 



Pebbled, having the surface uniformly 

 covered with small protuberances ; 

 applied especially to the upper sur- 

 face of a rose comb 



Peculiarities of the fancy poultry trade, 



578 



Pekin Duck, 443 ; influence of, on duck 

 culture in America, 50 



Pen, (i) one of the compartments of a 

 poultry house; (2) the birds kept in 

 one compartment ; (3) exhibition pen, 

 a male and four females matched for 

 exhibition; (4) breeding pen, a male 

 and his breeding mates. In descrip- 

 tions of stock in transactions in fancy 

 poultry a breeding pen, unless other- 

 wise specified, consists of a male and 

 four females 



Penciled, marked with regular lines 

 in series, producing either multiple 

 lacing or very fine barring. Multiple- 

 laced feathers are described as 

 double-laced or triple-laced, accord- 

 ing to the pattern 



Pennsylvania State College buildings, 

 86 



Pens for fitting exhibition birds, 556 



Pepper, 214 



Perches. See Roosts 



Periods, of artificial brooding, 282 ; of 

 fertility, 489; of incubation, 250; of 

 laying, 297 



Petaluma, poultry methods at, illus- 

 trated, 40 



Pet-stock exhibits at poultry shows, 550 



Pheasants, 437 ; coops and runs for, 

 illustrated, 60-6 1 ; rations for, 234; 

 roosting habits of, 130 



Phcenix Fowl, illustrated, 513 



Piano-box houses, 134, 271 



Picking, exhibition poultry, 562 ; mar- 

 ket poultry, 315 ; illustrated, 316 



Pie melons, 198 



Pigeons, at poultry shows, 550 ; con- 

 trasted with poultry, 7 



Pile, a white fowl having (in the male) 

 the neck and back colored, that is, 

 capped with another color. The word 

 comes from Latin pileus, a cap 



Pile Leghorns, 361 



Pinched tail, a tail that folds too closely 

 to look well 



Pinfeather, a typical feather in the 

 early stages of growth 



Pip, inflammation of the mouth 



Pipe brooders, 278 



Plums, 198 



Plymouth Rocks, compared with other 

 breeds of their class, 420 ; varieties of : 

 Barred, 16, 398 ; illustrated, 400, 496, 

 517; Buff, illustrated, 403; Colum- 

 bian, illustrated, 404 ; Partridge, illus- 

 trated, 404, 511; Silver-Penciled, 

 404; illustrated, 514; White, 402; 

 illustrated, 401-402, 498, 500 



Points, relation of scale of, to judging, 



567 



Polish, 368 ; illustrated, 336, 506 



Polverrara fowl, 376 



Pork scrap, 199 



Posts, fence, 99 



Potatoes, 197 



Potential energy, 180 



Poulard, a castrated pullet 



Poulets de grains, 383 



Poult, a young turkey 



Poultry, definition of, 5 ; contrasted 

 with aerial birds, 7 



Poultry keeper, definition of, 64 



Prat fowl, 424 



Prepotency, 465 



Present characters, 467 



Prices of fancy poultry and eggs, 583 



Primaries, primary flights, the large 

 feathers on the first joint of the wing 



Prizes, advertising value of, 536 ; sweep- 

 stakes, 548 



Progressive selection, 481 



Prolapse, prolapse of the oviduct 



Proteids, 178 



Protein, 179; cooked-meat products as 

 a source of, 200 



Provender, 190 



Provincial Breeding Station, British 

 Columbia, buildings at, illustrated, 

 81, 137, 141, 277 



Pullet, an immature female fowl ; in 

 exhibition classification, a bird under 

 one year old 



Pumpkins, 198 



Punch marker, a punch for making 

 identification marks in the webs be- 

 tween the toes of poultry ; also called 

 a poultry punch 



Purebred, having blood lines pure, 

 having the blood of no other variety 



Purple barring in black fowls, 528 



Quarantine for poultry returning from 

 shows, 565 



Range, temporary, 94 

 Rankin, James, note by, on habits of 

 ducks, 51 ; rations of, for ducks, 225 



