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INDEX 



PAGE 



Feed, importance of pure . 40 

 withhold before kill- 

 ing 65 



Feeding, cost of 110 



details 51 



generous 52 



hours for 53 



in installments .. 48 



Fern tea, Sweet 107 



Flock, improving SS 



" record 17 



Flocks, size of 19 



Fly described 30 



Fountains, cleaned 51 



Gentian 107 



Doing light 102 



Grades of squabs 14 



separate 65 



Grain, avoid new 41 



heated 49 



" musty 49 



" substituting low 



priced 48 



" test for good 41 



" untainted, essential 



to health 102 



Grit 43, 55 



Growth, continuous 49 



Guarantee defined 83 



" insist on 82 



of mating .... 82 



Health, augmenting 36 



Heating the house 32 



Hemp in ration 41, 73 



" for molting birds . . 73 



Hens, peculiarity of dun . . 112 



Homers, White 113 



Hospital 110 



House, cleaning 55 



" drying before occu- 

 pying 24 



" plan of 23 



" raised above ground 21 



Ice water, objection to . . . 64 



Inbreeding, bad effect of . 95 



" losses due to . 69 



unprofitable . . 7 



Insect powder for lice .... 107 



Investment, large 97 



Kafir corn 41 



Kerosene on perches 106 



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Killing described 63 



Labor, reduced by plan of 



house 23 



Leg troubles 103 



Lice 106 



" avoid 9 



" produce losses 71 



Light, importance of 24 



Lime, carbolated for lice 



106, 107 



for lice 106 



" dry carbolated .... 109 



" liquid carbolated . . 109 



" water, making .... 109 



Losses due to lice 71 



due to mice 68 



from cold 68 



" from imperfect rec- 

 ord 94 



" from weak birds . . 69 



" in various flocks . . 68 



" preventing 67 



" due to carelessness 23 



from bad starts 80, 81 



" from inbreeding . . 95 



Market type 13 



Marketing precautions ... 61 



Marking, breeders 9 



Mate breaking during ship- 

 ment Ill 



Mates, determining 99 



not sold 101 



Mating 5, 75, 76 



" natural 91 



" permanence of . . . 112 



Mice cause losses 68 



" discovering 69 



" preventing appearance 69 



Millet, German 41 



in ration 73 



Minks harbor for 21 



Mondaines 19 



Molting 72 



" an index of man- 

 agement 74 



effect on mating 112 



laying stops in .. , 17 



" of young birds . . 91 



Myrica asplenifolia 107 



Neglect of record 94 



" penalty for 49 



