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INDEX 



Corn, feeding new, 157, 158 

 Curtains clogged with dust, 



33 



in fresh-air houses, 27 



Day-old chicks, beginning 

 with, 5, iso 

 cost of, S 

 Disinfecting poultry houses, 



95 

 Dropping boards, 41 

 Ducks, how to dress, 134 



how to feed, 117 



Indian Runner, 114 



Pekin, 120 



Rouen, 121 



shade for, 121 

 Dust bath, how to make a, 89 



Eggs, brown, 12, 22 



care of, 104 



cooling, 68 



effect of food on color of, 

 88 



effect of food on flavor of, 

 87, 88 



for hatching, 4, 59 



in winter, 84 



preserving, 129 



sale of, 104 



sprinkling, 69 



storing, 88 



testing, 69 



turning, 67 



white, 12, 22 

 Expenses for stock, 4 



for buildings, 9, 37 

 Experiment stations, loca- 

 tions of, 159 



Fancy poultry as a source of 

 profit, 109 



Fancy poultry — Continued. 



fitting for shows, in 



kept for recreation, 105 

 Feeding balanced rations, 46 



beef scraps, 53, 75, 117 



chickens, 74, 81 



ducks and ducklings, 117 



goslings, 122 



grain, 46, 51 



laying hens, 46 



with patent feeders, 97 



milk to chicks, 135 



sprouted grains to chicks, 

 136 

 Feeds for chicks, 75 



green, 56, 76, 86, 101, 119 



influence of, on color in 

 eggs, 88 



influence of, on flavor in 

 eggs, 87-88 

 Fencing, importance of, 102 

 Foundations for poultry 



houses, 39 

 Floors, different kinds of, 38 

 Frosted combs, remedy for, 

 142 



Geese, age of, 122 



dispositions of, 122 



Embden, 123 



feeding, 123 



Gray African, 124 



Toulouse, 123 

 Grass clippings, how to feed, 



137 

 Grain, kinds to feed, 46 



sprouted, how to prepare, 

 136 

 Green cut bone, value of, 89 

 Green feeds 



alfalfa, 56 



beets, 57 



cabbage, 57 



clover, 56 



for ducklings, 119 



