INDEX 
A 
Accessibility of products, 427 
Accounting, methods of, 464 
column system, 465 
Accounts, what they show, 463 
Acquiring stock, methods, 100 
Advertisement, preparation, 469 
size of, 470 
Advertising, 467 
profit from, 470, 473 
ways of, 467 
what, 468 
when, 468 
where, 468 
Age of stock, 101 
Agricultural Colleges, list, 517 
train, 2 
Aim in breeding, 223 
Air cell, location and formation, 302 
Albumin, secretion, 302 
structure, 304 
Alfalfa, composition of, 197 
Alleys, disadvantages of, 152 
location, 152 
usage, 151 
American Class, breeds of, 71 
Poultry Association, 
membership, 20 
standard of perfection, 
use of, 67 
value of, 225 
Anatomy of the fowl, 292 
Ancestry of domestic fowl, 63 
records of, 283 
Anconas, mottled, 74 
origin of, 73 
Animal feeds, value of, 194 
“meal, usage, 195 
Appearance, value of, 53 
uniform flocks, 98 
Appetites, indication of performance, 254 
Appliances, location of, 130 
for feeding, 206 
Aseel fowl, 64 
description of, 64 
Ash defined,-170 
for chicks, 360 
Ash for egg production, 181 
function of, 173 
in eggs, 305 
in fowl’s body, 170 
in grains, 202 
sources of, 172 
Asiatic Class, breeds of, 71 
Assimilation, 173 
Associations for holding exhibits, 483 
Atavism, example of, 240 
defined, 240 
factors affecting, 241 
kinds of, 241 
Austria-Hungary, poultry in, 39 
B 
Baby chicks, 443 
chick boxes, 444 
Balanced rations defined, 209 
value of same, 209 
Bantams, types and uses, 77 
Barley, composition of, 193 
value and usage, 191 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, origin of, 71 
Beets, composition, 200 
usage, 199 
varieties, 199 
Beginning, manner of, 61 
Beheading, 413 
Belgium, poultry keeping in, 38 
Belle of Jersey, record, 259 
Bibliography, miscellaneous, 516 
Bichloride of mercury, use of, 506 
Birds compared with other animals, 169 
importance of clean, 499 
preparation for exhibition, 477 
sale of, 473 
selection of, 101 
Blood, dried, 195 
Blue Andalusian, origin of, 73 
Body characters, relation to functional activ- 
ity, 242 
composition of, 169 
lice on, 507 
Bolts for foundation, 127, 128 
Bone, composition of, 185, 196, 202 
cutter, 206 
dry ground, 201 
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