CONTENTS xix 



PAGES 



Eggs 368 



Scoring and judging one dozen eggs, 368 — Students' score-card 

 for a dozen eggs, 369. 



Rules for Machine Incubation 370 



Feeding 372 



Cornell ration for egg-production, 372 — Relation of food-con- 

 sumption to egg-production, 372. 



Preparing Fo%ds for Market by Bleeding 374 



Care of Feathers and Eggs 375 



Feathers, 375 — General care of eggs, 375 — Preserving eggs, 376. 



Parasites of Fowls 377 



Hen louse, 377 — Chicken mite, 377 — Scaly leg, 378 — Deplum- 

 ing scabies, 378— Hen fleas, 378 — Chicken tick, 378. 

 Sample Rules and Regulations for the Exhibition of Poultry . . 378 

 Outline for Critical Examination of a Poultry Farm = . . 381 



CHAPTER XXI 



Exhibiting and Judging Live-Stock. Market Grades . . 383-408 

 General Rules and Regulations governing Exhibits of Live-Stock . 383 



Score- Cards for Farm Animals 392 



Draft-horse, 392 — Light-horse, 393 — Students' card for propor- 

 tions of horse, .395 — Beef -cattle (female), 395 — Beef-cattle 

 (bull), 397 — Dairy-cattle, 398 — Mutton sheep, 399 — Breeding- 

 sheep, 401 — Fat-hog, 402 — Bacon-hog, 404. 



Market Classes and Grades 404 



Beef, 404 — Veal, 405 — Mutton and lamb, 406 — Pork, 406 — 

 Swine, 407. 



CHAPTER XXII 



Computing the Ration for Farm Animals .... 409-428 



Computing by Energy Values 409 



Computing on Basis of Quality and Quantity of Milk . . . 410 

 Computing the Balanced Ration by the Wolff-Lehmann Standards . 413 



The Feeding Standards 414 



Feeding standards per day and 1000 lb. live weight, 414 — Per 

 day per head, 415 — Proteid requirements for cattle, sheep, and 

 swine, 416 — Average weights of different feeding stuffs, 417 — 

 Sample rations, 417. 

 Composition Tables . . . 419 



