528 
Feeding, practice of, 204 
principles of, 169 
records, 459, 461 
standards, their practicability, 176 
stuffs, 184-203 
weight and volume, 520 
systems of, 212 
Feeds, animal, 194 
as related to product, 178 
for poultry, 184 
must carry variety, 180 
natural, 179 
ready mixed, 194 
use of stimulating, 182 
Females, number to one male, 285 
Fence bracing, 163 
height of, 164 
ideal, 165 
maintenance of, 167 
material for, 163 
Fertility, discussion of, 306 
in hatching eggs, 428 
increase in, 31 
Figuring ration, 207 
Fish scrap, composition of, 196 
manufacture, 195 
Fixed capital defined, 195 
Fixtures, location of, 143 
Flax seed, its use and value, 192 
Flock, fattening, 403 
size of, 270 
Floors, construction of, 117 
ideal concrete, 131 
space related to capacity, 109 
Food consumption, 224 
for egg production, 176 
for fattening, 176 
for growing stock, 374 
for growth and maintenance, 176 
Foraging abilities of egg breeds, 80 
of general-purpose breeds, 89 
of meat breeds, 85 
Foreign poultry keeping, 35 
Austria-Hungary, 39 
Belgium, 38 
Denmark, 38 
English, 35 
French, 37 
Treland, 36 
Italy, 33 
Russia, 39 
Foundation, laying out, 124 
types of construction, 116 
Fowls, 376 
biological classification of, 65 
composition of body, 169 
INDEX 
Fowls, nomenclature of, 515 
origin of, 63 
parts of, 515 
physiological description of, 292 
Frame, manner of constructing, 128 
Frames for concrete wall, 126 
Framing poultry-house materials, 118 
France, poultry farming in, 37 
Tree range, 158 
French breeds, possibilities of, 76 
Fresh air, need of, 108 
Frizzles, characteristics of, 78 
Frozen combs, 505 
Fryers, 385 
Functional activity, 242 
effect in breeding, 228 
variation, 238 
G 
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Gallus bankiva, 63 
Games, ancestry of, 76 
characteristics, 76 
Gametic defined, 234 
Gapeworm, 510 
Gasoline brooder, 354 
Gate, construction of, 166 
location, 165 
General-purpose breeds, classification, 89 
as foragers, 89 
disposition of, 87 
hardiness of, 89 
maturity of, 87 
sitting qualities, 88 
type defined, 86 
Geographic distribution of fowls, 9 
Germ oil, 187 
Gizzard, location and function, 297 
Glass windows, proper size, 121 
Gluten feed defined, 186 
meal defined, 186, 193 
Glycogen, composition, 171 
Grading on side hill, 124 
up, advantages of, 246 
Grains, composition of, 193 
digestibility of, 181 
Grasses, value and usage, 198 
Gravity water supply, 49 
Green food, 371 
for breeders, 287 
supplying in yards, 160 
Grit for chicks, 359 
and shell boxes, design, 156 
usage, 181, 212 
Growing stock, chapter on, 368-375 
Growth, feeding for, 175 
how affected, 369 
