INDEX 



169 



Green feeds — Continued. 



importance of, 56 



lawn clippings, 57 



lettuce, 57 



on town lots, 101 



rape, 57, 76 



sprouted oats, 76, 136 



Swiss chard, 57 

 Grit, importance of, S3 

 Guinea fowl as a substitute 

 for game, 124 



as mischief makers, 127 



cry of, 124 



H 



Hatching, dates for, 72, 147 



goose eggs, 122 



guinea eggs, 125 

 Houses, deep, 33 



double pitched roof, 33 



for ducks, 116 



for geese, 123 



fresh-air, 26 



portable, 7, 36 



to keep cool, 153 



Tolman, 31 



year-round, 8 

 Hoppers, home-made, 52 



Incubation periods, 165 

 Incubators, operation of, 66 



purchase of, 6s, 146 

 Insect powder, a satisfactory, 



63 

 Insurance and incubators, 66 



J 



Jungle fowl, what 

 says of, 23 



Darwin 



Lamps, incubator, 67 

 Laying, how to stimulate, 89, 

 156 



Laying hens, how to move, 

 136 



pelvic test for, 128 



simple test for, 158 

 Lice, how to get rid of, 140 



in summer, 153 



on chicks, 78 



on sitting hens, 64 



varieties of, 138 

 Literature for poultry keep- 

 ers, 161 

 Litter, depth of, 86 



feeding in, 51 



kinds of, 55 



M 



Mash, dry, 49 



home-made, 52, 89 



wet, 49 

 Matings, when to make, 109 

 Movable houses, value of, 40 

 Mustard, use of, 53, 90, 156 



N 



Nest eggs, how to make, 134 

 Nests, dark, 43 



for sitting hens, 63 



of guinea hens, 125 



size of, 42 



trap, 90 

 No-yard system, plan of, 94 



O 



Oyster shells, necessity of, 53 



P 



Perches, arrangement of, 41 

 Profits from fancy poultry, 

 106 



usually small, 10 

 Pullets best for laying, 3 



buying in the fall, 8 



laying ages of, 85 



to secure preponderance of, 



135 

 marking, 156 



