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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODOCTION 



Non-producers, culling, 222. 

 Non-sitters, 30. 

 Nutritive ratio, 207. 



formula for, 211. 



how to determine, 208. 

 Oats — 



as green feed, 203. 



ground, 201, 212, 291. 



^lulled, 109, 112. 



Jieal, 109, 110. 



pinhead, 109, 



rolled, 109. 



sprouted, 110, 115, 203, 204, 

 291. 

 Organization of clubs, 305, 306, 

 316. 



of poultry associations, 276. 

 Origin of domestic fowls, 22. 

 Ornamental breeds of ducks, 



245. 



class of fowls, 42. 

 Orpington — 



characteristics of, 29. 



standard weight of, 29. 



varieties of, 29. 

 Out-breeding, 48. 

 Out-crossing, 48. 

 Oviduct, 199, 231. 

 Ovary, 199, 231. 

 Oyster shell, 64, 111, 113, 204. 

 Packing — 



dressed fowls, 299. 



eggs, 287, 289. 



hatching eggs for shipment, 

 70. 



squabs for market, 297. 

 Painting houses, 155. 

 Parcel post — 



containers, for use by, 288. 



marketing eggs by, 287. 



packing for shipment, 289. 



shipments, weight of, 289. 

 Partitions in the house, 142, 146. 

 Peanut meal, 203. 

 Pearl guinea, 249. 

 Pekin duck, 240. 

 Pelvic bones, spread of, 229, 230. 

 Permanganate of potash: See 



Potassium permanganate. 

 Picking ducks, 295. 

 Pigeons — ■ 



Carneau, 252. 



Pigeons, (continued) 



Homer, 252. 



Hungarian, 253. 



Maltese, 253. 



management of, 254. 



marketing of, 296. 



method of catching, 272. 



Mondaine, 253. 



preparing for exhibition, 272. 



Runt, 251. 



squab breeds, 251. 



White King, 251. 

 Pinhead oat meal, 109. 

 Plumage — 



condition of, 55. 



washing of, 266. 

 Plymouth Rock — 



as a capon, 187. 



standard weights of, 27. 



varieties of, 27. 

 Polish class, 42. 

 Posing birds, 266. 

 Potash salts, 301. 

 Potassium chlorate : See Chlorate 



of potash. 

 Potassium permanganate, 160, 



162, 163, 170. 

 Poultry and eggs — 



back-yard, 11, 19. 



breeders, 20. 



club record, 330. 



clubs, 305. 



development of industry, 14. 



distribution of inlJ. S., 12, 13. 



farmers, commercial, 16. 



industry, development of, 14. 



industry, size and extent of, 

 11. 



keeping on the farm, 15. 



sections, intensive, 17. 



shows, 16, 259. 



standard-bred, 25. 



value of, 11. 

 Premiums for exhibition fowls, 



258, ,275. 

 Preparing birds for exhibition, 



258, 259. 

 Prepotency, 48. 

 Preserved eggs — 



keeping qualities of, 120. 



selhng, 125. 



using, 124, 



