INDEX 
Mediterranean Class, the, 90 
Millet Seed for Poultry, 137 
Minorcas, 91 
Mites, 239 
Molting Period, the, 220 
N 
Nest Eggs, 61 
Nesting Material, 60 
Nests, 59 
Oo 
Oats, 137 
Orpingtons, 96 
Oyster Shells, 141 
P 
Parasites of Poultry, 235 
Passageways in Houses, 40 
Plymouth Rocks, Barred, 83 
Plymouth Rocks, White, 
and Columbian, 84 
Polish Fowls, 94 
Poultry as a Side-line, ro 
Poultry for the Country Home, 
13 
Poultry-keeping for Women; for 
Invalids, rz 
Poultry-keeping as a Business, 6 
Profits from Poultry as a Busi- 
ness, 8 
Buff 
R 
Rats, How to Combat, 22 
Rice, 138 
Rhode Island Reds, 86 
Roofs, 23 
Roosts, 57 
Roosting Coop, 40 
Roosting Coop for Chicks After 
Weaning, 42 
Roosting Quarters, 26 
Roup, 243 
Rye, 138 
S 
Sanitation of Yards, 50 
Scaly Leg, 247 
Sexes, Separating the, 171 
Shade in the Runs, 52 
Shelters for Chicks, 165 
Site for the Poultry House, 47 
Soft-shelled Eggs, 251 
Specializing, the Advantages of, 
107 
Spring-time Management, 230 
Sprouted Grains, 142 
Standard Breeds, Why Best, 108 
Start, a Good, 210 
Starting with Pure Breeds, Best 
Ways of, 109 
Starting by Buying Stock, rr0 
Starting by Buying Eggs, 112 
Starting by Buying Day-old 
Chicks, 114 
Success, How to Achieve, 14 
Summer Management, 215 
Sunflower Seeds, 138 
T 
Testing the Eggs, 204 
Trap-nests, 61 
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