INDEX 



Table of quantity of food 

 required by one hen in a 

 year, 64. 



of receipts of eggs at seven 

 leading markets, 1891- 

 1911, 257. 



of relation of weight _ of 

 eggs to egg production, 

 117. 

 of standard weights of 



poultry, 205. 



of standards for eggs, 123. 



of time required to raise 



broilers and roasters, 136. 



of weight of poultry foods 



per quart, 60. 

 of wholesale prices of eggs, 



1896-1911, 262. 

 Tables, Miscellaneous, 303. 

 of weights and measures, 



292. 



Technical terms, 268. 

 Temperature, 303. 

 for brooders, 105. 

 for incubation, 92. 

 Thermometers, 91. 

 Thermostat, 92. 

 Tincture of iron, 165. 

 Tobacco dust, 146. 



fumes, 152. 

 Toe markings, 209. 



punches, 211. 

 Tonics, 165. 

 Traumatic shock, 330. 

 Treatment of diseases, 162. 

 Trough feeding, 74. 

 Troy weight, 294. 

 Turkeys, 200. 

 Feeding of, 76. 

 Standard weights of, 208. 

 Turnips, 47. 

 Turpentine, 150, 165. 



U 



United States money, 299. 



Varieties of poultry, Stand- 

 ard and non-standard, 

 189. 



Vegetable foods, 47. 

 tops, 49. 



Vent, 30. 



Ventilation, 7. 

 in incubators, 94. 



Villi, 30. 



Vitality in eggs, Period of, 84. 



W 



Walls, Materials for side, 4. 

 Water, 33. 



fowls, Feeding of wild, 81. 



pans, 14, 19. 



Weaning age of chicks, 101. 

 Weights of poultry, Standard, 

 204. 



per bushel, Legal, 229. 

 Wheat bran, 39. 



screenings, 39. 



Table of digestible matter 

 in, 39. 



Whole, 38. 

 White Leghorns, 147. 



Minorca, 159. 



Plymouth Rock male, 86. 



Wyandotte, 142. 

 Whitewash, 151. 

 Winter feeding, Green crops 



for, 52. 

 Wounds, 335. 



Wyandotte, Silver Laced, 

 140. 



White, 142. 



Yard fattening, 73. 

 Yards, Cold frames in, 28. 

 Purpose and size of, 26. 



Zenoleum, 165. 



