iv INDEX 
Egg containers for marketing, 136 
Egg-laying ability, 5 
Egg-laying, condition of pullets necessary to, 70 
Egg-laying contests, 5 
Egg-laying, control by feeding, 70 
Egg-production, percentage to expect, 72 
Egg records, 120 
Eggs, home preservation, 134 
Eggs per year, possible average, 6 
Eggs, selection for incubation, 15 
Eggs, selection for market, 182 
Eggs, selling by parcel post, 135 
Eggs, selling plan, 182 
Eggs, stamping for market, 133 
Eggs, sterile for market, 133 
Eggs, turning in incubator, 24 
Electric lights, equipment necessary, 117 
Epsom salts for laying hens, 112 
Eversion, 149 
Exercise for chicks, 41 
F 
Fat reserve, necessary in pullets, 70 
-Fattening, advantage of, 127 
Fattening hens, 126 
Fattening male birds, 127 
Feed, amount required for males, 125 
Feed, amount required:per pound gain, 125 
Feed, amounts to give, 45 
Feed, chick, 39 
Feed, danger of forcing, 45 
Feed, dry mash vs. scratch grain, 45 
Feed, formula for pullets, 75 
Feed, green, for pullets, 78 
Feed hoppers in laying house, 64 
Feed, how to feed scratch grain, 46 
Feed, late summer, 51 
