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Ducks—Continued, 
As pe eae Bis eisieceic’tie aera) Bae 
Aylesbur 227 
Need little water. 
Pekin. 
Rouen.........5 
Time of incubation. 
Whistling.... 
Hating ....... 
Feeding for.. 
For market.......... 
Import and export o 
In Great Britain and in the 
United States...........0.. ~ 291 
Liming........... 
Market for....... 
Of various breeds... 
Packing for winter. 
Packing in barrels.. 
Per pound........... 350 
Record of..... 287 
Selection for......... «252 
Tosecure in winter. i. 
Vat for pickling...... 
Egg—testing......... 
jield per year . 
Excelsior meal brea: 
EX€@CiSG@secscrs.eacese sae tae5;i 
Exports and imports of eggs. 
Fattening ration.. 
ca Pk beeline ae 
Eatin 
' Loss of...- 
Types of 
needing —Eatintens 's rule for. ..275 
Chicks.....66. we 266 
Economy ‘ins... 
Felch’s rule for. 
FOr C22S.....esesser eee 
For growth.. ». 261 
Pen for chieks . 59 
feed trough—... 280 
Cleanly.....-+ 41 
Food, amount of... 282 
Foods—analyses of... . 286 
Various.........605 +284 
Foreign egg trade.. . 92 
Fowls—ege bound.. ,186 
Egg-eating.......- - 184 
Feather-eating.. 185 
Green food for.. setae 105 
Losing feathers..--.s.r-rceeees 186 
Management and food........ 10 
Selecting and selling....... .. 115 
White-skinned preferred in 
Philadelphia, etc .........555 
Yellow-skinned preferred in 
New England........-++> 
Gapes.......,- neg ecuucuencyeceed85,322 
Game fowls at fairs.........00.--144 
sar aaa oelaancaee oie 5.0 215 
Plucking..... asiiee «216 
Sebastopol...........005 + 242, 
Time of incubation oe 
‘ououse origin.. 
Varieties of 
Goose-raising... 
Green food.... . 
Healthy towl: 
Hen, standard 
Hints, useful. 
Incubation— 
Natural .... 
Periods... 
Incubators, directio 
Ning .........6- tase Waaaess 
Hot water....... 
How to make.... .. 
Saw-dust packing 
Self-regulators............ 
Success and failure with 
Thermometer for........ f 
Indian meal dough. 
Japanese Bantams. 
Keeping, cost of...... 
Keeping eggs..... ‘ 
Borax method........+06+ 
Lime and brine ee 
Lime recipe.. 
Loomis’s recipe “for keeping 
CRESS .ccevececeeee 
Waterglass 
Large birds, how to rai 
Laying age, time of 
Lice ON NENS.... cece eee 
Louse eggs on feathers 
Males, importance of pure...... 122 
Market for poultry and eggs... 
Marketing poultr 8 
Market law, New 
Mating— ........ sees cece 
Black and white breeds. 
Buff Cochins.....-.. 0... 
Dark Brahmas......... 
Partridge Cochins....... 
Plymouth Rocks.......++++-++. 249 
Wyandottes....---sseeeeees 7 
Maturity, time a aetaes 
Mistakes, common. 
Mites 
Secure . 
With roll 
Nest boxes—.... 
Pinned together. 
Sliding, through pa: 
Nest—of woven wire.. 
Por cepentine hel 
Ina barrel 
