INDEX 
Little Compton District, Rhode Island, 17 
Live poultry, marketing, 443 
scoring, 491 
Liver, 297 
Location, 45 
climate, 45 
social life, 42 
soil, 45 
transportation, 54 
water, 49 
Long laying house, cost of material, 134 
material for, 133 
small units for breeding, 132 
specifications, 132 
M 
Machine, hen compared with, 222 
Mail, need of frequent service, 54 
Maintenance, feeding for, 175 
Malay fowl, description of, 64 
Male, importance of, 234 
birds affecting production, 307 
Males, proportion to females, 285 
Mammoth incubators, 332 
Management, changes in, 20 
Manure, handling, 449 
Market poultry, types of, 376 
Marketing, chapter on, 422 
coéperation in, 450 
importance of care, 268 
methods of, 12 
Markets, 422 
course of products, 425 
distance from, 53 
nearness vs. price of land, 53 
securing, 428 
Mash for chicks, 359 
Mass breeding, 281 
Materials for laying houses, 111 
Mating season, care during, 286 
Matings, double, 261 _ 
importance of special, 281 
Mature birds, value in breeding, 253 
Maturity of egg breeds, 79 
of general-purpose breeds, 87 
of meat breeds, 84 
Meal, animal, 195, 196 
Meat, amount in ration, 179 
breeds as egg producers, 85 
as foragers, 85 
as sitters, 85 
classification of, 85 
description of type, 83 
disposition of, 84 
hardiness of, 85 
maturity of, 84 
farming, 26 
531 
Meat farming, :bcation for, 44 
returns from, 26 
necessity in the ration, 179 
production, breeding for, 258 
quality, 97 
scrap, value and usage, 194 
Medical attendance, 43 
Medicines, 506 
Mediterranean class breeds, 72 
Mendel’s law, essence of, 231 
Menopon biseriatum, 507 
Mercantile exchange, function, 430 
Meristic variation, 238 
Mesoblast defined, 307 
Methods of judging, 487 
Milk albumen, composition, 196 
importance of, 197 
composition of, 196 
granulated, composition of, 196 
manufacture and usage, 197 
Millet seed, usage, 192 
Milo maize, 192 
Mineral matter for laying hens, 181 
sources of, 202 
Minerals, double function of, 202 
for poultry, 201 
Minoreas, origin, 73 
performance of, 83 
Mites, 509, 510 
Mixed feeds, value of, 194 
Mixing board for concrete, 127 
Modern development, 19 a 
Moisture in incubation, 342 
in the poultry house, 107 
Molt indicative of egg production, 277 
Molting, care during, 276 
forcing, 277 
selection in reference to, 253 
Morphological variation, 236 
Mosquitoes, 510 
Motion of embryo, 310 
Multiple-unit house, 132 
development of, 113 
material required, 131 
specifications, 128 
working plans for, 129 
Muscular system, uses of, 295 
Muslin curtain frames, 121 
proper size, 120 
use of, 108 
weight cloth, 122 
Mutation defined, 258 
example, 239 
N 
Nest construction, 146 
design, 146 
