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Shanks, (continued) 

 color of, 349. 

 disqualifications of, 262. 

 effect of soil on, 228. 

 Shed-roof houses, 139. 

 Shell- 

 color, 345. 

 description, 67. 

 gland, 199. 

 oyster, 204. 

 texture, 345. 

 Shipping coops for exhibition 

 fowls, 273. 

 for live poultry, 299. 

 Shows — 

 kinds of, 259. 



organization for holding, 276. 

 poultry, 16, 259. 

 preparing birds for, 258. 

 rules and regulations, 274. 

 Sick fowls as breeders, 55, 63. 

 Sickness and lack of vigor, 225. 

 Side sprigs, example of prepo- 

 tency, 48. 

 Single comb breeds, 349. 

 Single mating, 60. 

 Size — 



of breeders, 55. 

 of eggs, 345. 

 of house, 134. 

 of matings, 62. 

 Skin, color of, 59, 349. 

 Skim milk: See Milk. 

 Slate turkeys, 236. 

 "Slip," 194. 



Soap for washing fowls, 268. 

 Sodium fluoride, 179. 

 Sodium silicate, or water glass, 



122. 

 Soft roasters, 186. 

 Soil desirable for fowls, 132. 



effect of on shank color, 22,S. 

 Soiled eggs, 69. 

 Sore head: See chicken pox. 

 Soy-bean meal, 203. 

 "Specials" (Referring to eggs), 



283. 

 Sports, or mutations, 46. 

 "Spots" (Referring to eggs), 



286. 

 Spraying for fleas, 181. 

 for mites, 177. 



Sprouted oats, 110, 115, 203, 



291. 



method for, 204. 

 Squabs, 251, 256, 296. 

 Standard-bred, definition of, 25. 



poultry, 20. 



vs. mongrels, 25. 

 Standard weights of breeders, 



.55. 

 "Stick-tight" fleas, 181. 

 Storing eggs, 282. 

 Strain, definition of, 23. 

 Stubs, examples of reversion, 



47. 

 Stud mating, 61. 

 Sulphur, 162, 165. 



ointment, 166, 184. 

 Summary, yearly record, 327. 

 Survey of farm poultry, 2.50. 

 Sweet oil, 270. 

 Swedish duck, 244. 



Table fowls, 26, 33, 60, 



score card for judging, 341. 

 Table scraps, 212, 214. 

 Tails- 

 defective, 57, 59. 



disqualifications of, 262. 



of breeders, 57. 

 Temperature — 



correct for brooding, 104. 



for storing hatching eggs, 69. 



normal of the hen, 75. 



of incubation, 83. 

 Testing eggs, 78, 86. 

 Testicles removed, 193. 

 Thermometer, 81. 

 Thermostat, 81. 

 Ticks, or blue bugs, 182. 

 Tinted-shelled eggs, 349. 

 Tobacco stems, 170. 

 Toe— 5th, 53, 55. 



picking, 172. 

 Toe punching chicks, 94, 95. 

 Toes and legs of breeders, 58. 

 Tonics — egg, 205. 

 Toulouse geese, 246. 

 Transportation facilities, 14. 

 Trap nests, 149. 

 Tuberculosis, 163. 

 Turning eggs, 84. 



rack for, 69. 



