INDEX 



American Poultry Associa- 

 tion, 106 



American Standard of Per- 

 fection, 106, 108 



Artichokes for shade, 152 



Brooders — Continued. 



ventilation of, 149 



where to use, 148 

 Broody hens, breaking up, 150 



coop for, 44 



superseding, 131 



B 



Bantams as layers, 21 



as pets, 21 



for pleasure, 8, in 



show, in 

 Breeds 



Anconas, 13, 14, 22 

 • Andalusians, 19 



Bantams, 8, 21, in 



Brahmas, 17, 22, 85 



Cochins, 22 



Cornish, 19 



Hamburgs, 19 



Houdans, 20, 22, no 



Leghorns, 12, 14, 18, 22, 85 



Langshans, 17, 22 



Minorcas, 18, 22 



Orpingtons, 19, 22 



Plymouth Rocks, 2, 12, 16, 



85 

 Polish, 19, no 

 Rhode Island Reds, 14, 16, 



22 

 Wyandottes, 16, 22 

 Breeding, stock for, 92, 93 



cockerels for, 108 

 Brooders, tireless, 82 

 operating, 79 

 temperature, of, 80 



167 



Capons for the home table, 

 132 



to brood chicks, 132 

 Charcoal, feeding, 54 

 Chickens, day-old, 5, 150 



feed box for, 151 



how to feed, 74 



how to dress, 133 



how to mark, 130, 164 



in brooders, 79 



protection for, 151 



when to hatch, 72 



with hens, 73 

 Classes 



American, 15, 17, 22 



Asiatic, 17, 22 



breeds included in the va- 

 rious, 22 



division into, 15 



English, 22 



French, 22 



Mediterranean, 18, 22 

 Coal ashes, use of in chicken 



yards, 136 

 Color of eggs, 22 



of flesh, 22, 23 

 Coops for chicks, 73 



with runs, 100 



