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INDEX 



General utility breeds, definition, 

 68 _ 

 varieties, 72 

 Gizzard, 219 



Glossary of the parts of a bird, 353 

 Gluten meal, 226 

 Grain feeds, 234 



for laying hens, 255 

 Grasses and green crops, 238 

 Green feed for young birds, 143 



method of providing, 238 

 Grit for laying hens, 257 

 Grosbeak, Rose-breasted, at nest, 



27 

 Growing chicks, feeding, 148 

 pullets, early care of, 142 

 rations for, 247 

 Growth, feeding for, 242 



Hamburg, 78 



Hardiness, of egg breeds, 50 



of general purpose breeds, 70 

 of meat breeds, 61 

 Hatching, 109 

 eggs, 103 



collection of, 104 

 importance of fertility, 



290 

 prices of, 279 

 production of, 103 

 saving, 105 



seasons of demand, 279 

 selection of, 106 

 shipping, 290 

 history of artificial, 122 

 and rearing, 94 

 records, 117, 129 

 Hawks, 321 



picture of young, 28 

 Healthy birds, how to secure, 301 

 Hen, points for sitter, 112 

 Hens' nests, 113 

 Heredity, 86 

 Herons, 22 



Heron's nest and eggs, 23 

 Home-grown feed, 234 

 Hoppers, 193 

 Houdan, 56 



House, material for, 179 

 small flock, 177 

 t3T)es, city lot poultry house, 

 207 



Hotise types, gable roof house, 



209 



long breeding house, 205 



multiple unit house, 202 



scratching shed house, 



208 

 small-flock colony house, 

 201 

 Houses, area for birds, 166 

 cheapness, 167 

 development of types, 198 

 dryness in, 163 

 ideal plan, 167 

 interior furnishings, 188 

 location of, 151 

 materials for, 200 

 modem type, 199 

 principles of design, 162 

 protection from rats, 166 

 requirements of, 162 

 simphcity of, 167 

 temperature in, 166 

 t3rpes of, 198 

 Humidity in incubators, 127 

 Humming bird's nest and eggs, 25 



Importance of poultry, 328 

 Incubation, care at hatching, 129 



cooling eggs, 128 



dangers of, 129 



testing eggs, 128 

 Incubator, 122 



care of, 126 



care of lamp, 126 



heat control, 127 



humidity in, 127 



place for, 124 



placing eggs, 127 



records, 129 



requirements for, 124 

 Indigestion, 312 

 Infectious diseases, 314 

 Information, miscellaneous, about 



poultry, 358 

 Inspection trips, 8 

 Instruction, advice to teachers, 5 



coordination with other sub- 

 jects, 6 



demand for, 1 



methods of, 7 



schedule, 3 



in schools and colleges, 2 



