882 
158 
Fowl, the jungle, 184 
G 
GAME FowL, 220 
Grain sprouting, 106 
H 
HAMBURGS, 221 
Hatching, early, 240; heavy breeds, 
242 
Hens, broody, 76 
Hens that pay, 261 
Housing, 110 
INBREEDING, 100 
Income from poultry, 51 
Incubators, 90, 91-94 
Inheritance, 189 
Instinct, 247 
Intensive system, 174 
LA BRESSE, 222 
La Fleche, 222 
Labour-saving, 146 
Langshan, 221 
Laying, how to tell when hens are, 300 
Laying strains, 169 
Leghorn, 222; egg _ records, 
profits, 270 
Lincolnshire Buffs, 223 
Litter, 230 
Lucerne, 158 
INDEX 
Food-values, 155; albuminoid Tatio, 
MAIZE, 162 
Malays, 223 
Male birds, 99, 100 
Malines, 223 
Malt culms, 161 
Mash mixing, 61 
Mendel hen, 185 
Minorcas, 223 
Moulting season, 257; effect on egg- 
production, 259 
ORPINGTONS, 224 
P 
Pests, rats and cats, 278 
Poultry, how to begin, 42; imports, 
315, 316; industry in 1916, 310; 
methods of keeping, 59; suburban 
353; Without capital, 22 
Plymouth Rocks, 224 
Preservation of eggs, 210; lime-water 
zy 
’ 
212; water-glass,212; cold storage, 
213 
Profits, 267 
Psychology of fowl, 245 
Pullet, care of, 104 
R 
Recires, food, 36, 37, 41; chick food, 
88, 89, 93 
Redcaps, 225 
Rhode Island Reds, 225 
Ring for leg, 50 
Runs, 228 
S 
Scotcu DumpPliEs, 226 
Scratching-sheds, 281 
