INDEX 



361 



Egg breeds, broodiness in, 50 

 disposition, 49 

 feeding of, 61 

 hardiness, 50 

 maturity of, 50 

 production from, 51 

 size and appearance, 48 

 varieties, 51 

 function of, 94 



production, effect on \-itality, 

 252 

 feeding for, 88, 251 

 profit from, 274 

 record, 333 

 score card, 352 

 Egg shape, 52 



structure of, 94 

 Eggs as food, 99 

 classes of, 274 

 collection for hatching, 104 

 cooking of, 100 

 evaporation in, 95 

 formation of, 97 

 for market, 283 

 misshapen, 99 

 placing in incubator, 127 

 where produced in the United 



States, 325 

 for the table, 273 

 testing of, 116 

 Elevation of fixtures, 188 

 Enemies, 317 



Environment, factors of, 162 

 Exercise, feeding for flesh, 265 

 Exhibition, 77 

 Exports of poultry, 328 

 External parasites, 318 



Facts for the poultry keeper, 358 

 Fancy, definition, 272 

 Farm classification of birds, 39 

 Fat, in bird's body, 212 



in feeds, 215 

 Fattening commercially, 270 

 Fatty feeds, 230 

 Feathers, 17 



parts of, 18 



returns from sale of, 280 

 Feed, clean, 306 



composition of, 213 



for meat breeds, 61 



stuffs, composition of, 355 



Feed and success, 13 

 Feeds, animal, 235 



classification of, 224 



home-grown, 234 



for poultry, 224 



vegetable, 224 



weight and volume, 357 

 Feeding, brooder chicks, 243 



egg breeds, 51 



chicks, 138 



cost of feeding chicks, 245 



for egg production, 251, 254 



for flesh, objects, 263 

 principles, 265 



general purpose breeds, 71 



for growth, 242 

 principles, 246 



at maturity, 249 



standards, 356 



young chicks, 148 

 Fence, ideal construction, 158 

 Fertility, 103 



Fixtures, requirements of, 188 

 Flesh, feeding for, 263 

 Flicker's nest and eggs, 26 

 Flock diseases, 309 

 Floor, construction of, 182 



remodelling, 172 



space for birds, 166 

 Fowls, 277 



domestic, 34 



number in the United States, 

 324 

 Free range for young birds, 143 

 Fresh air for brooders, 140 



houses for young chicks, 

 145 

 Frozen comb, 313 



Gable roof house, 208 



Gallus bankiva, 35 



Gates, 158 



Geese and swans, 20 



General purpose breeds, 41 



broodiness of, 70 

 disposition, 69 

 feeding, 71 

 hardiness, 70 

 maturity, 69 

 production from, 



71 

 size, 68 



