INDEX 



ix 



Judging eggs, 138 

 fowls for egg production, 



Cornell method of, 143 

 of farm flocks at fairs 



and shows, 197 

 of poultry, 191 



K 



Kafir corn, 43 



Killing and plucking of 



poultry, 157 

 of parasites, 174 



Layers, Barron method of 



selecting, 149 

 Cornell method of judg- 

 ing for, 143 

 Laying hens, Cleansing 



mixture for, 78 

 hens, Feeding of, 69 

 Legal holidays, 323 

 weights per bushel of 

 various commodities, 245 

 Length, Measures of, 287 

 Metric measures of, 293 

 Letter ^writing, 326 

 Lice killers, 165 

 that attack domestic 



fowls, 164 



Light Brahma male, Pic- 

 ture of, 47 

 Linear measure, Table of, 



287 



Line breeding, 160 

 Linseed meal, 47 

 Liquid lice killer, 171 



measure, 289 



Live-weight value com- 

 pared with plucked and 

 drawn weight, 159 

 Long-ton table, 289 

 Loss in dressing fowls, 154 

 of total egg crop, Per- 

 centage of, 118 



M 



Maine ration, 72 

 Mammoth incubators and 

 brooders, 113 



Mangels, 48 

 Market poultry, 152 

 Marking of fowls for iden- 

 tification, 226 



of pigeons, 230 

 Mash, Dry, 71 

 Masonry estimations, 307 

 Mating, Methods of, 162 

 Measures of angles or arcs, 

 292 



of capacity, 289 



of distances, 301 



of extension, 287 



of money, 294 



of time, 291 



of volume, 301 

 Meat and meat products 

 for poultry, 54 



Tainted, 55 



Metric equivalents of 

 pounds, feet, etc., 299 



system of measures, 292 

 Milk for poultry food, 56 

 Millet, 46 

 Mineral matter for poultry, 



Minorca, Picture of, 179 

 Miscellaneous information, 



241 



tables, 298 

 Missouri ration, 73 

 Moisture and temperature 



in incubators, 102 

 Molt, ^Feeding of fowls 



during, 74 



Money, Equivalent of Eng- 

 lish, in United States 

 coinage, 295 



Equivalent of foreign, in 

 United States coinage, 

 296 



Measures and tables of, 

 294 



IV 



Nails, Weight of one keg, 



Names of parts of a fowl, 



257 



Nest box, 89 

 Notes, 319 



