INDEX 



531 



Lime sources of, 185 



uses of, 185 

 Limitation of sex, 243 

 Line-breeding, advantages of, 248 

 chart for, 249 

 defined, 248 

 for eggs, 253 



Linseed meal, composition of, 193 

 Litter, 272 



Little Compton District, Rhode Island, 17 

 Live poultry, marketing, 443 



scoring, 491 

 Liver, 297 



Location, climatic conditions, 48 

 denned, 41 

 effect on success, 41 

 for egg farming, 44 

 for meat farming, 44 

 soil conditions, 48 



Long laying house, cost of material, 134 

 material for, 133 

 small units for breeding, 132 

 specifications, 132 



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Machine, hen compared with, 222 

 Mail, need of frequent service, 43 

 Maintenance, feeding for, 175 

 Malay fowl, description of, 64 

 Male, importance of, 234 



birds affecting production, 307 

 Males, proportion to females, 285 

 Mammoth incubators, 332 

 Management, changes in, 20 

 Manure, handling, 449 

 Market poultry, types of, 376 

 Marketing, chapter on, 422 



cooperation in, 450 



importance of care, 268 



methods of, 12 

 Markets, 422 



course of products, 425 



distance from, 41 



nearness vs. price of land, 41 



securing, 428 

 Mash for chicks, 359 

 Mass breeding, 281 

 Materials for laying houses, 111 

 Mating season, care during, 286 

 Matings, double, 261 



importance of special, 281 

 Mature birds, value in breeding, 253 

 Maturity of egg breeds, 79 



of general-purpose breeds, 87 



meat breeds, 84 



Meal, animal, 195, 196 

 Meat, amount in ration, 179 

 breeds as egg producers, 85 

 as foragers, 85 

 as sitters, 85 

 classification of, 85 

 description of type, 83 

 disposition of, 84 

 hardiness of, 85 

 maturity of, 84 

 farming, 26 



location for, 44 

 returns from, 26 

 necessity in the ration, 179 

 production, breeding for, 258 

 quality, 97 



scrap, value and usage, 194 

 Medicines, 506 



Mediterranean class breeds, 72 

 Mendel's law, essence of, 23 

 Menopon biseriatun?, 507 

 Mercantile exchange, function, 430 

 Meristic variation, 238 

 Mesoblast defined 307 

 Methods of judging, 487 

 Milk albumin, composition, 196 



importance of, 197 

 composition of, 196 

 granulated, composition of, 196 



manufacture and usage, 197 

 Millet seed, usage, 192 

 Milo maize, 192 

 Mineral matter for laying hens, 181 



sources of, 202 

 Minerals, double function of, 202 



for poultry, 201 

 Minorcas, origin, 73 



performance of, 83 

 Mites, 509, 510 

 Mixed feeds, value of, 194 

 Mixing board for concrete, 127 

 Modern development, 19 

 Moisture in incubation, 342 



in the poultry house, 107 

 Molt indicative of egg production, 277 

 Molting, care during, 276 

 forcing, 277 



selection in reference to, 253 

 Morphological variation, 236 

 Motion of embryo, 310 

 Multiple-unit house, 132 



development of, 113 

 material required, 131 

 specifications, 128 

 working plans for, 129 

 Muscular system, uses of, 295 



