INDEX 



Incubation, history of, 200 



natural, 198 



normal moisture loss in, 210 



periods, 197 



testing of eggs, 225 



turning and cooling of eggs, 

 194, 208, 210, 224 

 Incubators, 175 If 



best means of supplying mois- 

 ture, 210 



crowding eggs into, 215 



disinfection of, 221 



efficiency of hens as, 197 



first American, 203 



hot-air, 204 



hot-water, 204 



humidity in, 210-224 



insurance restrictions on, 229 



kinds of, 204 



leveling of, 221 



mammoth, 204 



management of, 220 



moisture in, 210, 224 

 artificial, 211-224 



place of operation, 205 



position of thermometer in, 

 208 



preparation of, 220 ff 



principles of operation of, 

 205 



routine of management of, 

 220 



size of, 204 



starting of, 220 ff 



taking off the hatch in, 228 



temperature of, 205 



value of, 203 



ventilating of, 214 

 Indications of laying, 148 ff 

 Indigestion, 511 

 Indoor brooders, requirements of, 



233 

 Infectious entero-hepatitis, 425 

 Infertile eggs, advantages of, 94, 



493, 501 

 Ingredients, size of, 3G8 

 Inheritance, 84 ff 



of constitutional vigor, 135 



of disease, 94 



of high egg production, 142 

 Insecticides, 512, 513 

 Insemination, artificial, 171 

 Intensive conditions, 41, 40 

 Intestine, parts of, 315 



.Iavas, 03 



.lunglefowl, dcscrii)tion of, 50 



Kafir, 332 

 Killing, knife for, 458 

 methods of, 57 



La Flecue, 05 



Langshan, 08 



Layers, routine in feeding of, 392 ff 



Leg weakness, 511 



Leghorns, 71 ff 



history of, 71 

 Lettuce, 350 

 Lice, 512 



Lights, 261, 357, 379, 393 

 Limberneck, 515 

 Line breeding, 118 ff 

 Linseed-oil meal, 346 

 Liquids, 357 



Litter in poultry house, 293 

 Live poultry, average price of, 24 



classification of, 473 

 Liver, enlargement of, 513 



location and function of, 315 

 Longevity, 158 

 Low-grade flour, 346 



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Maintenance of health, 503 

 of life, 297 ff 



Males, alternating, 170 

 care of, 169 



developing of breeding, 392 

 disposition of surplus, 172 

 number of females to, 109 



Mammillary layer, 179 



Mangel wurtzel, 350 



Manure, preservation of, 295 

 value of, 295 



Market eggs, classification of , 491 ff 

 infection in, 489 

 liquefaction, 488 

 preparation of, 486 



