534 
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Salesman, 422 
responsibility of, 427 
Salt, 184, 212 
Sanitation, 110, 497 
Sarcoptes mutans, 508 
Scalding, 414 
Sealy legs, 509 
Score card, decimal, 490 
dressed poultry, 492 
market poultry, 492 
official, 489 
types of, 488 
Scoring, 488 
dressed poultry, 491 
eggs, 492 
poultry plant, 493 
Scratch feeding grains, 214 
Scratching ration, Cornell, 219 
New Jersey, 217 
Segmentation defined, 307 
Selection defined, 251 
for egg production, 254 
hatching eggs, 287 
importance of, 281 
judges, 385 
layers, 275 
live birds, 101 
pullets at maturity, 270 
show birds, 479 
Selling value pure-bred birds, 99 
Semi-community system, 51 
Senses, development of, 298 
Setting coops, cleanliness, 320 
materials for, 316 
Setting the hen, 318 
Sex adaptation, 30 
control, 250 
limitation, 243 
Sexes, separation, 324 
Sexual dimorphism, 261 
Shade, 371 
Shape, a breed characteristic, 68 
of laying house, 112 
selection for, 102 
Shaping, 417 
Shed roof, 115 
Shell for chicks, 359 
membranes, 304 
structure and composition, 302 
usage, 212 
Shipping dressed poultry, 447 
ice in, 447 
methods of, 428 
need of facility in, 54 
to exhibition, 482 
INDEX 
Show, arrangement of, 485 
running, 483 
Side line, poultry keeping as a, 25 
Silkies, 77 
peculiarity of, 77 
Simplicity, 111, 143 
Sitting hen, care of, 319, 322 
selection of, 317 
when to set, 315 
qualities of egg breeds, 80 
of general-purpose breeds, 88 
of the meat breeds, $5 
records of. 458 
Size, importance of, in breeding, 258 
of laying house, 110 
of stock, 102 
Skeleton, 292 
Skim milk, composition, 196 
Skunks, 512 
Slips, 398 
Slope, best, 46 
Social organizations, 42 
facilities, 43 
Soil effect on color, 264 
on fertility, 31 
proper condition of, 45 
undesirable types, 46 
Solid color, breeding for, 263 
Somatic defined, 234 
Sorghum, 192 
South Shore roasters, 18 
Spaying, 401 
Spraying for cleanliness, 273 
Spring, for water supply, 49 
Sprouted oats, advantages, 190 
composition, 191 
manner of sprouting, 189 
Standard bred defined, 94 
poultry, exhibition of, 477 
classification defined, 66 
table of, 66, 67 
of excellence, use of, 225 
weights, table, 70 
Start, small beginning, 56 
Starting time, 61 
Sternum, 294 
Sticking, 410 
Stimulating feeds, 182 
Stock, importance of good, 61 
method of acquiring, 100 
quality of, 101 
selection of, 96, 267 
Storage of dressed poultry, 448 
of eggs, 412 = 
Substantive variation, 237 
Suburban poultry farming, 25 
