INDEX 



363 



Preserving eggs — 



demonstration of, 126. 



methods of, 122. 



necessity of, 120. 



time for, 120. 

 Prevention of poultry diseases, 



159. 

 Principles of breeding, 45. 

 Prizes awarded for junior club 



worli:, 313. 



for exhibition fowls, 275. 

 Progression, 47. 

 Proportion of males to females, 



62. 

 Protein, 206, 207. 

 Pullet, definition of, 275. 

 Pullet mating, 61. 

 Pullets as breeders, 62, 118. 

 Quality of feed, 110, 201. 

 Quantity of feed consumed, 216. 



of feed for chickens, 109. 



of grain to feed, 213, 215. 



of mash to feed, 213, 215. 

 Range — 



as affecting feed consumed, 

 215. 



for breeding stock, 63. 



growing stock, 94, 116. 

 Rape, 203. 

 Rations — 



balanced, 207. 



egg-laying, 212. 



fattening, 291, 292, 293, 294, 

 295, 296. 



for chickens, 109, 110. 



for growing stock, 112, 113. 

 Records^ 



balance, yearly, 329. 



egg, yearly, 325. 



feed, yearly, 324. 



hatching and brooding, 321. 



inventory, yearly, 328. 



monthly statement, 322. 



poultry club, 330. 



summary, yearly, 327. 

 Red bugs, or chiggers, 183. 

 Regression, 47. 

 Reversion, or atavism, 46. 

 Rheumatism, 173. 

 Rhode Island Reds- 

 standard weights of, 29. 



varieties of, 29. 



Roasters, small, 290. 



soft, 186. 

 Rolled barley, 109, 112. 



oats, 109. 

 Roof and roofing material, 139. 



types of, 138, 139. 

 Roofing paper, 115, 139, 142. 

 Roost, teaching chickens to, 



118. 

 Roosts, 144. 

 Rose Comb breeds, 349. 

 "Rots" (eggs), 286. 

 Rouen duck, 243. 

 Roup, 160. 

 Rules and regulations for shows 



274. 



for junior clubs, 307. 

 Runt pigeons, 251. 

 Rye, as green feed, 203. 



Salicylic acid, 171. 

 Salt spray for fleas, 182. 

 Scalding to pick, 298. 

 Scale of points — 



for eggs, 343, 344. 



for exhibition fowls, 346. 



for table fowls, 341. 

 Scaly leg, 173. 

 Score card — 



for different classes, 346. 



for eggs, 343, 344. 



for table fowls, 341. 

 Scraps— table, 213. 

 Scratch feed — 



for chickens, 109. 



for growing stock, 112. 



for layers, 212. 

 Selecting birds for the show, 



259, 260. 



the breed, 23. 



the community breed, 315. 

 Selection of the breeders, 55. 

 Setting a hen, 75. 



management of, 77. 

 Sex, predetermining, 73. 



proportion of, secured, 71. 

 Shade for chicks, 116. 

 Shank — 



color as influencing produc- 

 tion, 227. 



condition of in layers, 228. 

 Shanks — 



cleaning of, 267, 270. 



