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INDEX 



Calendar for the poultry- 

 man's year, 233 

 California, Housing prob- 

 lems in, 31 

 Calorie, 296 

 Canary seed, 48 

 Capacities of bins, cisterns, 



etc., 309 

 Capacity, Measures of, 289 



Metric measures of, 293 

 Care and preservation of 



eggs, 129 



of birds and fish, 315 

 Carpeting estimations, 305 

 Carrots, 50 



Casks, Gauging of, 310 

 Catching and holding pig- 

 eons, Proper way of, 244 

 Cement floor, 12 

 Centigrade and Fahrenheit 



degrees, 297, 298 

 Certificate of deposit, 318 

 Charcoal, 57 

 Checks, 317 

 Chicken pox, Treatment of, 



190 



Chicks, Brooding of, 108 

 Feeding of young, 66 

 for broilers, Feeding of, 



75 

 Circular measure, Table of, 



292 

 Cisterns, Measurement of, 



309 

 Classes of broilers and 



roasters, 156 

 of market poultry, 154 

 Cleansing mixture for 



hens, 78 

 Clover, 53 



Coal, Volume of 1 ton, 310 

 Coins of the United States, 



294 



Color of eggshell, 114 

 Comparison of poultry and 

 certain other foods, 153 

 score card, 196 

 Composition of eggs, 114 

 of eggs and certain other 



foods, 116 

 of foods, 34 



Compound interest, Years 

 at which a given 

 amount will double, 322 



Conversion of thermometer 

 readings, 298 



Cord of wood, 301 



Corn, 42 

 Broom, 44 

 Kafir, 43 



Cornell feeding schedule, 



method for judging fowls 

 for egg production, 143 



Correspondence, 326 



Cottonseed meal, 47 



Cross-breeding, 162 



Cubic measure, Table of, 

 288 



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Degrees, Centigrade and 

 Fahrenheit, 297, 298 



Diarrhea, Treatment of, 188 



Difference of sun time be- 

 tween New York City 

 and other parts of the 

 world, 300 



Discount rates, 321 



Diseases, 180 

 and enemies of poultry, 



163 



and treatment, 186 

 Fundamental principles 



of treatment of, 182 

 of legs and feet, Treat- 

 ment of, 189 



of the intestines, Treat- 

 ment of, 187 



Dislocations and sprains, 

 340 



Distances and time by 



postal routes, 311 

 Measures of, 301 



Dorking, Picture of, 152 



Dozen, 298 



Drafts, 320 



Drawn-weight value com- 

 pared with live and 

 plucked weight, 159 



Dressing fowls, Loss of 

 weight in, 154 



