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INDEX 



Feeding, objects of,175 

 practice of, 204 

 principles of, 169 

 records, 459, 461 



standards, their practicability, 176 

 stuffs, weight and volume, 520 

 systems of, 212 

 Feeds, animal, 194 



as related to product, 178 

 for poultry, 184 

 must carry variety, 180 

 natural, 179 

 ready mixed, 194 

 use of stimulating, 182 

 Females, number to one male, 285 

 Fence bracing, 163 

 height of, 164 

 ideal, 165 



maintenance of, 167 

 material for, 163 

 Fertility, discussion of, 306 

 in hatching eggs, 428 

 increase in, 31 

 Figuring ration, 207 

 Fish scrap, composition of, 196 



manufacture, 195 

 Fixed capital denned, 58 

 Fixtures, location of, 143 

 Flax seed, its use and value, 192 

 Fleas, 510 

 Flock, fattening, 403 



size of, 270 



Floors, construction of, 117 

 ideal concrete, 131 

 space related to capacity, 109 

 Food consumption, 224 



for egg production, 176 

 for fattening, 176 

 for growing stock, 374 

 for growth and maintenance, 176 

 Foraging abilities of egg breeds, 80 

 of general-purpose breeds, 89 

 of meat breeds, 85 

 Foreign poultry keeping, 35 

 Austria-Hungary, 39 

 Belgium, 38 

 Denmark, 38 

 English, 35 

 French, 37 

 Ireland, 36 

 Italy, 38 

 Russia, 39 

 Foundation, laying out, 124 



types of construction, 116 

 Fowls, 376 



biological classification of, 65 



Fowls, composition of body, 169 



nomenclature of, 515 



origin of, 63 



parts of, 515 



physiological description of, 292 

 Frame, manner of constructing, 128 

 Frames for concrete wall, 126 

 Framing poultry house materials, 118 

 France, poultry farming in, 37 

 Free range, 158 



French breeds, possibilities of, 76 

 Fresh air, need of, 108 

 Frizzles, characteristics of, 78 

 Frozen combs, 505 

 Fryers, 385 

 Functional activity, 242 



effect in breeding, 228 



variation, 238 



Gallus bankiva, 63 

 Games, ancestry of, 76 

 characteristics, 76 

 Gametic defined, 234 

 Gapeworm, 511 

 Gasoline brooder, 254 

 Gate, construction of, 166 



location, 165 



General-purpose breeds, classification, 89 

 as foragers, 89 

 disposition of, 87 

 hardiness of, 89 

 maturity of, 87 

 sitting qualities, 88 

 type defined, 86 



Geographic distribution of fowls, 9 

 Germ oil, 187 



Gizzard, location and function, 297 

 Glass windows, proper size, 121 

 Gluten feed defined, 186 



meal defined, 186, 193 

 Glycogen, composition, 171 

 Grading on side hill, 124 



up, advantages of, 246 

 Grains, composition of, 193 



digestibility of, 181 

 Grasses, value and usage, 198 

 Gravity water supply, 52 

 Green food, 371 



for breeders, 287 

 supplying in yards, 160 

 Grit for chicks, 359 



and shell boxes, design, 156 

 usage, 181, 212 

 Growing stock, chapter on, 368-375 



