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INDEX 



Geese, iiuirket ilciiiand for, 43() 

 uoodled, 440 

 number of, IS 

 selection of breeding, 43S 

 Toulouse, 4o.5 

 value of, 43() 

 General farm versus intensive con- 

 ditions, 41 

 purpose breeds, classification 

 of, V>2 

 Generalized production, 20 IT, 39 



reasons for, 39 

 Generative organs, 84 ff 

 Geographical distribution of poul- 

 try, 26 

 Germ, temperature of development 



of, 181 ff 

 Gizzard, location and function of, 



314 

 Gluten teed, 342 

 Glycogen, 305, 315 

 Goose eggs, incubation of, 438 

 Goslings, feeding of, 440 

 Grades of dressed poultry, 473 ff 



of market eggs, 491 ff 

 Green cut bone, 354 



feed, 348 ff 

 Grit, 355 



Growth, feeding for, 303, 382 ff 

 Guinea, 449 



appearance of male and female, 

 450^ i 



breeding of, 450 ! 



feeding of, 450 

 incubation of eggs of, 450 

 number of females jn'r male, 

 450 

 Gullet, location and use of, 313 



H 



liens, kind to set, 198 



management of setting, 199 



physiological efficiency of lay- 

 ing, 318 



standard for feeding laying, 

 364 

 Hominy feed, 342 

 Hopper, feed, 406 



grit, 411 



sui)ply, 405 

 Ilot-air incubators, 204 

 Hot-water incubators, 204 

 Houdans, 65 

 House, care of, 293 



drafts in, 260 



ease of disinfection, 263 



essentials of good poultry, 

 249 ff 



evils of moisture in, 256 



exposure of, 254 



fixtures for, 277 



foundation tor, 266 



lights in, 261 



location of, 251 



size of, 263 



t5'pes of, 283 



ventilation of, 258 



walls and partitions of, 270 



warm versus fresh air in, 260 

 Housing ducks, 432 



effect of, on fertility of eggs, 

 260 



necessity of, 249 



pigeons, 446 



unnatural conditions of, 249 

 Hover, description of, 233 ff 



disinfecting of, 243 



]3ortal)le, 233 ff 

 Hygrometer, 224 



Hamhurcs, 62, 65 

 Hardening the chicks, 228 

 Hatch, taking off the, 228 

 Hatcher, customs, 34 

 Hatching, pedigree, 124 



power, 139 ff 

 Hen as a food manufacturer, 45 



versus Jersey Cow, efficiencv 

 of, 318 

 Hens, breaking up broody, 200 



feeding of lireedmg, 399 



hatoliing with, 197 ff 



Impaction of the crop, 244, 506 

 Impregnation, artificial, 171 



influence of previous, 107 

 Improvement by selection, 133 ff 

 Inbreeding, llSff 

 Incubation, 175 i'f 



Chinese and Egvptian method 

 of, 201 



cooling of eggs, 20S 



comjiarative reliability of nat- 

 ural and artificial, 197 



date of hatching, 217 



