INDEX 



Age of fowls, How to as- 

 certain, 241 

 Aid to the injured, First, 



. 330 

 Ailments and treatment, 



186 



Alfalfa, 53 



American Poultry Associa- 

 tion show rules, 203 

 standard of perfection, 



208 

 Angles or arcs, Measures 



.of. 292 

 Animal foods for poultry, 



54 

 Animals destructive of 



poultry, 177 

 Anniversaries, Names of 



wedding, 314 



Apothecaries' fluid mea- 

 sure, 290 



weight, Table of, 289 

 Apples, 50 

 Arithmetic, 287 

 Artificial light to increase 



egg production, 150 

 respiration, 332, 341 

 Avoirdupois weight, Table 

 of, 288 



B 



Baffler, Cornell wind, 15 



Bale, 299 



Bands for marking poultry, 



Bantams, Houses for, 23 

 Barley, 44 



Barrel, Cu. ft. in, 309 

 of flour, pork, or beef, 



Weight of, 290 

 Barron method of selecting 



layers, 149 

 Beans, -45 

 Beets, 48 



Bins, Measurement of, 309 

 Birds and fish, Care of, 315 

 destructive to poultry, 

 , 178 



Birthday stone for each 



month in the year, 314 



Black Orpington, Picture 



of, 121 



Bleeding, Treatment of, 334 

 Board measure, 306 

 Boiling point of water, 298 

 Bone for poultry food, 55 

 Books, Size of, 299 

 Breeding, 160 



Breeds and standard and 



non-standard varieties 



of poultry, 210 



Brickwork estimations, 308 



British thermal unit (B. 



T. U.), 296 

 Broilers and roasters, 



Classes of, 156 

 and roasters, Time re- 

 quired to raise, 156 

 Feeding of chicks for, 7S 

 Bronchitis, Treatment of, 



187 

 Brooding of chicks, 108 



Points in successful, 112 

 Broom corn. 44 

 B. T. U., 296 

 Buckwheat, 44 

 Bumblefoot, Treatment of. 



190 



Bundle, 299 



Burns, Treatment of, 340 

 Bushel, Cu. in. in, 309 

 Legal weights of various 



commodities per, 245 

 pounds in, 290 

 Business, Rules of, 316 



C 



Cabbage, 49 



Calcimining estimations,302 



