INDEX 



365 



Turkeys — 



Black, 235. 



breeding of, 238. 



Bronze, 234. 



Bourbon Red, 235. 



management of, 237. 



marketing of, 295. 



method of catching and hold- 

 ing, 272. 



mortality and disease of, 239. 



Narragansett, 236. 



preparing for exhibition, 272. 



Slate, 236. 



White Holland, 234. 

 Turpentine, oil of, 168. 



Uniformity of eggs, 282. 

 Uterus, or shell gland, 199. 



Variation, 46. 



Varieties and breeds, 22. 



Variety, definition of, 23. 



Vaseline, 161, 165, 167. 



Vegetable protein feeds, 202, 

 212. 



Vegetables, cooked, 212, 214. 



Velvet-bean meal, 203. 



Vent color as influencing pro- 

 duction, 228. 

 condition of, in hens, 229. 



Ventilation, 151 



during incubation, 81, 85. 



Vigor and health, 54. 

 lack of, 225. 



Volume and weight of feeds, 

 347. 



Walls, 142. 

 Washing birds, 266. 

 Water — 



for chickens, 111, 115. 



for layers, 205. 



for the breeding pen, 64. 

 ' for washing birds, 268. 



fountains, 150. 



glass, 122. 



m feeds, 206. 



lime for preserving eggs, 123. 



percentage of in eggs, 205. 



percentage of in fowls, 205. 

 Watery eggs, 286. 



Weight- 

 disqualifying, of breeders, 55, 



263. 



of eggs, 345. 



of parcel post shipments, 289. 

 Weights and volume of feeds, 



347. 

 Wheat— 



as green feed, 203. 



bran, 109, 110, 201, 212, 291, 

 295. 



flour, 201, 295. 



middlings, 110, 201, 212, 291, 

 295. 



screenings, 201. 

 White Comb, or favus, 166. 

 White diarrhea, 168. 

 White guinea, 249. 

 White Holland turkey, 234. 

 White King pigeons, 251. 

 White of egg — quality of, 345. 

 White-shelled eggs — breeds that 



lay, 30, 349. 



testing, 86. 

 Whitewash, 155, 177. 

 Wild, or Canadian, geese, 247. 

 Windows, 141. 

 "Wind puffs", 194. 

 Wing clipping, 154. 



disqualifications of, 262. 

 Wing banding chickens, 95. 

 Wings, defective, 57. 



of breeders, 57. 

 Worms, gape, 170. 



intestinal, 170. 

 Wry tail, 58, 59. 

 Wyandotte — 



as capons, 187. 



characteristics of, 27. 



standard weights of, 27. 



varieties of, 27. 



Yards and fences, 152. 

 Yearly balance sheet, 329. 



egg record, 325. 



feed record, 324. 



inventory, 328. 



summary record, 327. 

 Yolk of egg, 68, 199. 



absorption of, 108. 



quality of, 345. 



