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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Breeders, {continued) 



defects in, 59. 



feeding the, 64. 



management of, 62. 



range for, 62. 



selecting the, 55. 

 Breeding — 



and mating, 45, 60. 



cross, 50. 



essentials of, 54. 



importance of, 44. 



in, 48. 



line, 48. 



out, 48. 



pen, demonstration on select- 

 ing, 66. 



principles and practices of, 45. 



purpose of, 59. 



stock, age of, 62. 



turkeys, 238. 

 Breeds and varieties — 



egg, 30. 



for natural incubation, 75. 



Game and Game Bantam, 39. 



general-purpose, 26. 



meat, 33. 



miscellaneous, 41 



origin and classification, 22. 



suitable for capons, 187. 

 Brick construction, 134. 

 Broilers — 



fattening, 291. 



market classification of, 290. 



marketing of, 290. 

 Bronze turkey, 234. 

 Brood coop — 



care of, 93. 



construction of, 95, 96. 



litter for, 94. 

 Brooder — 



capacity of, 100, 101. 



coal-burning, 102. 



colony, 102. 



continuous, 103. 



fireless, 103, 104. 



hot-air, 100. 



hot-water, 100. 



hot-water-pipe, 102, 103. 



house, proper size of, 102. 



individual, 100. 



kerosene-heated, 100. 



kinds of, 100. 



Brooder, (continued) 



litter for, 94, 105. 



location of, 94. 



management of, 105. 



requirements of, 99. 



stoves, 101. 

 Brooding and hatching — 



artificial, 92, 98. 



correct temperature for, 104. 



importance of, 92. 



natural, 92. 



record, 321. 

 Broody coops, 150 

 Broody hens, 69. 



breaking up, 150. 



indications of, 75. 

 Brown-sheUed eggs- 

 breeds that lay, 26, 349. 



example of correlation, 47: 



testing, 86. 

 Buckwheat, 201. 

 Buff duck, -243. 

 Build, time to, 132. 

 Building materials, 133. 

 Buildings: See Houses. 

 Bumble foot, 174. 

 Business management, 320. 

 Buttermilk: See Milk. 

 By-products, 201. 



Cabbage, 115, 203. 

 Campine- 



characteristics of, 33. 



standard weights of, 33. 



varieties of, 33. 

 Canadian, or wild, geese, 247. 

 Candling eggs, 86, 285. 

 Canker, 162. 

 Capacity of brooder, 100. 



of incubators, 79. 

 Capon — 



care of after operation, 194. 



center of industry, 186. 



fattening, 293. 



feeding, 194. 



killing and dressing, 195. 



killing of during operation, 

 193. 



marketing of, 293. 



production of, ISO. 

 Caponizing — 



advisaliility of, 186. 



