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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



English breeds: See General- 

 purpose and Meat classes. 



Epsom salts, 170. 



Exhibition — - 

 breed for, 59. 

 coops, 265. 

 first poultry, 258. 

 object and value of, 258. 

 preparing birds for, 258. 

 selecting birds for, 260. 

 shipping coop for, fowls, 273. 



Exhibits, of community breed- 

 ing clubs, 317. 

 junior clubs, 311. 



Experimental stations, 337. 



"Extras" (Referring to eggs) 

 284. 



Eyes of breeders, 57. 



Face, disqualifications of, 262. 

 Faking, 263. 

 Fancier, 44. 

 Fat, 206, 207. 

 Fattening battery, 294. 



broilers, 291. 



capons, 293. 



ducks, 295. 



geese, 296. 



hens, 292. 



rations, 291, 293, 294, 295. 



turkeys, 294. 

 Favus, or white comb, 166. 

 Feather pulling, 172. 

 Feathered shanks, 34, 51, 52, 



263, 349. 

 Feathers, curing of, 302. 



drying of washed birds, 270. 



market grades and prices, 302. 



market value of, 302. 

 Fecundity, 48. 

 Feed and water for growing 



stock. 111. 



cost of, 131. 



cost of, for eggs, 216. 



for sitting hen, 78. 



mixing demonstrations, 119, 

 221. 



quantity of grain to, 213, 215. 



record — yearly, 324. 

 Feeding — 



breeders, 64. 



capons, 194, 293. 



chickens, 108. 



Feeding, (continued) 



condiments and egg tonics, 

 205. 



exhibition birds, 274. 



experiments, 216. 



for egg production, 198. 



forced, 64. 



growing stock, 108, 111. 



methods of, for eggs, 211, 213. 



methods of, for chicks, 108. 



on range, 215. 



stuffs, composition of, 209. 



value of, for eggs, 198. 

 Feeds and by-products — 



classification of, 202. 



commercial, 201. 



composition of, 206, 209. 



for fattening: See fattening 

 rations. 



grain, 199, 212. 



green, 64, 110, 113, 203. 



mash, 201. 



meat, 202. 



quality of, 201. 



quantity consumed, 213, 214, 

 215, 216. 



weight and volume of, 347 

 Feet- 

 cleaning of, 267, 270. 



disqualifications of, 262. 

 Fences, 152. 

 Fertile eggs, 68, 87. 

 FertiUzer, value of poultry man- 

 ure, 301. 

 Fiber, 208. 



Fireless brooder, 103. 

 Fish scrap, 202, 212. 

 Fleas— "Stick-tight," 181. 

 Flock, culling, 222. 



breeding of, 61. 

 Floors — 



board, 136, 137. 



concrete, 136. 



earth, 136. 



kind of, 136. 



space of, 134. 

 Foundations and floors, 134, 



135, 136. 



concrete, 135, 136. 

 Framework of building, 136. 

 French class, 42. 

 Frozen comb, 63, 167. 



