INDEX 



527 



Egg production, how improved, 235, 278 

 leading States in, 11 

 of meat breeds, 85 

 small flock, 25 



records, importance of, 278 



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, 199, 307, 308, 

 309, 438 



location of, 302 



Employment, poultry keeping as an, 22 

 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, 505 

 Equipment, amount of, 60 



choice of, 60 



for feeding, 204 

 Evaporation in incubation, 341 

 Examination, post-mortem, 502 

 Exercise, effect of insufficient, 256 



during winter, 271 



for chicks, 361 



Exercise, how induced, 108 



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 



Exclusive poultry farming defined, 26 

 Experience, value of, 58 

 Experiment stations, list of, 517 

 Extension teaching defined, 2 

 methods of, 3 



Factors affecting breeding, 226 



bringing greater profits, 35 

 Fallacies in breeding, 264 

 Family use, poultry for, 24 

 Fancier, opportunities of the, 27 

 Fancy breeds, classification of, 94 

 purposes of, 94 



points, breeding for, 25 

 poultry keeping for, 25 



poultry farming, location for, 45 



qualities defined, 94 

 Farm flock, frontispiece 

 Fat, amount in birds, 171 



appearance and prevalence in feeds, 17 : 



as related to laying condition, 180 



defined, 170 



function of, 172 



uses of, in the body, 170 

 Fattening, chapter on, 403-420 



feeding for, 175 



methods of, 403 

 Feathers, care of, 448 



growth in embryo, 310 



marketing, 448 



Features essential in poultry houses, 105 

 Fecundity, inheritance of, 233 

 Feed for breeders, 286 



trough, 153 



wagon, 207 



Feed-house design, 204 

 Feeding appliances, 206 



chicks, 358 



clean, 498 



during the winter, 270 



effect of heavy, 256 



effect on egg production, 268 



equipment, 204 



importance of regularity, 212 



