INDEX 



Abdomen, condition of, 231. 



Acid phosphate, 301. 



Action and appearance, 55 



Advertising — ■ 

 methods of, 332. 

 value of poultry shows, 258. 

 what and when to advertise, 

 331. 



African geese, 247. 



Agglutination test, 169. 



Age of breeding stock, 62 . 



Agricultural Colleges and Ex- 

 periment Stations, 17, 337. 



Air cell of egg, 67, 86, 345. 



Albumen of egg, 68, 199. 



Alfalfa, 115, 291. 

 meal, 203. 



American breeds: See General- 

 purpose class. 



American Standard of Perfec- 

 tion, 32, 263, 347. 



Ancona — 



characteristics of, 31. 



standard weights of, 31. 

 Andalusian, Blue, 32. 

 Animal protein feeds, 202, 212. 

 Appearance and action, 55. 

 Appliances, 144. 

 Artificial and natural incuba- 

 tion, 67. 



brooding, 98. 



incubation, 78. 



lights, 217. 



methodsof feeding with, 219. 



period of, 218. 

 Asiatic breeds: See Meat class. 

 Ash, 206. 



Atavism, or reversion, 46. 

 Aylesbury duck, 242. 



Back of breeders, 57. 

 Back, disqualifications of, 262. 

 Back-yard flocks, 11, 19. 

 Balance sheet — yearly, 329. 

 Balanced ration — how determin- 

 ed, 207. 



Banding: See Wing banding. 

 Bantams — Game, 39, 40. 

 value of, 41. 

 varieties of, 41. 

 Barley, 201, 203, 212. 

 meal, 212. 



rolled or huUed, 109, 112. 

 Beak — 



color as influencing produc- 

 tion, 228. 

 shape of, 56. 

 Beef scrap: See Meat scrap. 

 Black turkey, 235. 

 Blackhead, 166. 

 Blastoderm, 68, 86. 

 Blood ring, 87, 121, 286, 343. 

 Bloom of egg, 69. 

 Blue Andalusian — 

 characteristics of, 32. 

 standard weights of, 33. 

 Blue bugs, 182. 

 Blue ointment, 180. 

 Blueing water for washing birds, 



268. 

 Board floors, 136. 

 Body of breeders, 57. 

 Bone meal, 212. 

 Borax, 162. 

 Boric acid, 162. 

 Bourbon Red turkey, 235. 

 Brahma — 



as capons, 187. 

 standard weights of, 34. 

 varieties of, 34. 

 Bran, 109, 110, 201, 212, 291, 



295. 

 Bread for chicks, 109. 

 Breast, of breeders, 57. 

 Breastbone: See keel bone. 

 Breed — • 



definition of, 23. 

 selecting the, 23, 315. 

 Breeder, the poultry, 20, 44. 

 Breeders — 

 age of, 62, 



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