532 



INDEX 



Breeder, iiroduction, 30 

 BrecJcrh, cocks versus cockerels as, 

 llil 



hens versus pullets as, 101 



management of, 108 ff 



problem of, 30 

 Breeding chart, 110, 121 



cross-, 109, 132 

 kinds of, 132 

 purpose of, 132 



definition of, 84 



flock, farm, 172 



selection of, 173 



for production, 142 ff 



grading, 109 ff 



line, 118 ff 



chart for, 110, 121 

 definition of, 1 18 

 purpose of, 119 

 use of new blood, 121 



maternal impressions on, 109 



methods of, 109 ff 



official tests for, 167 



pedigreeing methods of, 123 ff 



records, 126, 129 



tests of efficient, 15S 

 Breeds, classification of, 54, 61 



ornamental, 61 



productive, 61 



progenitors, 49 



purpose of, 56 



standard for, 56, 60 

 Brewers' grains, dried and wet, 338 

 Broilers, classification of, 473 



feeding of, 363, 390 



season for, 451 



standard pack for, 475 

 Bronze turkeys, 67, 419 

 Brooder, cool-air compartment of, 

 241 



crowding of chicks in, 243 



daily management of, 244 



farn'i types, 230 ff 



heater for, 234, 236 



hover, 235, 240 



number of chicks to a, 243 



place of operation, 243 



preparation for chicks, 244 



proper temperature of, 233 



ventilation, 241 

 Brooding, artificial, 232 



natural, 230 



)irinci|)les of. 233 

 Broody coops, 2S3 



Buckeyes, 63, 75 

 Buokw'heat, 330 



bran and middUngs, 338 

 Bumblefoot, 504 

 Buttermilk, 357 

 Buyers, classes of, 35, 37 



Cabbage as a feed, 350 



Campines, 65 



Canadian geese, 67 



CandUng, object of, 491, 492 



Canker, 515 



Cannibalism in chicks, 248 



Capacity, 133 



Caponizmg, advantages of, 96 



age for, 97 



details of operation, 96 ff 



instruments needed, 98 

 Capons, classification of, 493, 477 



making of, 96 



method of dressing, 467 



as mothers, 232 



standard pack, 477 

 Carljohydratcs, definition of, 304 



uses of, 304 

 Catarrh, 515 

 Ceca, structure and function of, 



312, 316 

 Cell division, ISO 

 Cement floor, construction of, 266 

 Chalazo", location of, 177 

 Charcoal, use of, 355 

 Checked eggs, loss as, 491, 498 

 Chick-feeding appliances, 382 ff 

 Chicken, cholera, 508 



pox, 505 

 Chickens, digestive powers of, 320 



efficiency of, as compared with 

 other animals, 318, 320 



grades of dressed, 473 



market classification of, 473 



number of, 17 ff 

 Chicks, approaches for, 247 



baby, 34 



care of, in incubator, 228 



comparative mortality of incu- 

 bator and hen hatched, 197 



condition of feeds for, 384 



day old, 34 



depraved appetite of, 248 



direction for feeding, 384 ff 



