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INDEX 



Books : 



a snare, 426. 



judging value of, 426. 



poultry, 283. 



"System," where safe, 284, 428. 

 Bowel trouble, excess protein brings 



on, 84. 

 Box, orange, too thin for egg ship- 

 ments, 389. 

 Brains, where worth most, 38. 

 Breakdowns of fowls, how many ? 105. 

 Breeders : 



Leghorn, differ, 27. 



not to be plucked, 396. 

 Breeding : 



close, 188. 



in-and-in, 188. 



in line, 187. 



line, satisfactory, 196. 

 Breeds : 



best laying, 293. 



grouping, 2. 



miscellaneous, 2.^. 



outstanding, 25. 



popular, non-Standard, 340, 341. 



to let alone, 26. 



white-egg, 250. 

 Brevities, 197. 

 Brooder : 



a tight, 73- 



demands personal care, 64. 



fireless, constructing, 70, 71. 



keep heat up in, 68. 



the best, 64. 

 Broodies, breaking up, 170. 

 Brooding : 



four vital points in, 64. 



good, difficult, 63. 



oversight of, 48. 



successful, 227. 



what is it? 36. 

 Bulletins : 



as foundation knowledge, 355- 



College, 277. 



poultry, 277, 283. 

 Buying, careful, 3^'''. 



C 

 Cabinet, for sprouting oats, 172. 

 Cabinet, egg, revolving, 407. 



Capacity, productive, differs, 222. 

 Carcasses, must be dry and cool, 



386. 

 Care, advance, 60. 

 Carve, how to learn to, 360. 

 Cat, family, the chicks' worst foe, 136. 

 Cat versus rat, 138. 

 Catalogues, studying, 54. 

 Cats, neighborly, 135. 

 Charcoal, 318. 



Charges to experience, heavy, 114. 

 Chick : 



average initial cost of, 240. 



developing, appearance of, in egg, 48. 

 Chickens : 



hatching in Egypt, 47. 



versus pigs or sheep, 215. 

 Chicks: 



baby, shipping, 72. 



cost of production of, 239. 



crowding, 112. 



day-old, cost of, 16. 



early feed for, 72. 



evenly grouped, 66. 



free range, cheaper, 231. 



hen-hatched, feeding, 74. 



in cracker boxes, 11. 



marking, 48. 



new hatched, beginning with, 10. 



number at start, 11. 



older trample younger, 11. 



production of day-old, 14. 



should be of same age, 11. 



small, watering, 49. 



transferring to brooder, 72 

 Claims, committee on, 262. 

 Class, key-point of, 20. 

 Classes : 



first choices in, 26. 



of feed, 75. 



order of importance, 25. 



poultry, women in, 276. 



the important, 23. 

 Climate and laying, 294. 

 Clovers, value of, 87. 

 Clutches, doubhng up, 40. 

 Cockerels, breeding, selection of, 106. 

 Combinations, cheap, as high-priced 



"egg foods," 125. 

 Common sense, to be conserved, 428. 



